incudate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).
adj
That functions by prehension; used as a classification.
Example Sentences
- "incudate trophi"
- "The incudate trophi of Asplanchna are massive forceps quite free from an inclosing mastax, and capable in consequence of even plunging down into the oesophagus; but the forcipate trophi of Sacculus are feeble hooks and blades, inclosed in a grape-shaped mastax, and admitting of only a slight protrusion from the mouth."
- "FIGURE 140.[…]A-E with a malleate mastax in the Brachionidae and a malleo-ramate in the Flosculariaceae, mainly feed by sedimenting; F and G with virgate or incudate mastax, respectively, are more selective and raptorial."
- "Forcipate and incudate trophi function in grasping."
- "Asplanchna priodonta (Asplanchnidae) is a planktonic predator with incudate trophi, showing a wide trophic spectrum, feeding on rotifers, protists, and various unicellular algae (Jose de Paggi, 2002)."
- "In Asplanchnidae, rami are large and hooked and constitute incudate mastax, but reduced rami may be present."