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Valvate (medicine)


valvate
Describes sepals or petals in a bud which meet edge to edge, but don't overlap.

Compare: imbricate.


ichthyosaurus (medicine)


ichthyosaurus


Origin: NL, fr. Gr. 'ichqys, -yos, a fish + say^ros a lizard.

<paleontology> An extinct genus of marine reptiles; so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.

Source: Websters Dictionary