especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles a hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g. any animal lacking a backbone or notochord;
(especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade; bristle; especially of an annelid worm) (the body; is retracted; tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal) (an arthropod; supports; internal organs) (a long stiff hair; growing; from the snout or brow of most mammals) (the body; plant; a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body) (the body; covering; hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod) (e.g. any animal; lacking; a backbone or notochord) (a hard flap; serving; as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes) (an arthropod; provides; attachment points) (a flattened rigid plate; forming; part of the body)
especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade the body an arthropod a long stiff hair the body the body e.g. any animal a hard flap an arthropod a flattened rigid plate
bristle is retracted supports growing plant covering lacking serving provides forming
especially of an annelid worm
tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal
internal organs
from the snout or brow of most mammals
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod
a backbone or notochord
as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes
attachment points
part of the body