Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A longitudinal fold of the intestinal wall in certain invertebrates that increases the absorptive and digestive surface area of the intestine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thick folding of the intestine of certain annelids, mollusks, etc, formed by the involution of the wall of the intestine along the dorsomedian line, and projecting into the intestinal cavity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
fold in thesurface of theintestines of someinvertebrates etc that increases itsdigestive surface area
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek tuphlos, blind + Greek sōlēn, pipe.]
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reesetee commented on the word typhlosole
A ridge or fold extending along the inner wall of the intestine and partly dividing the cavity of it, in various animals such as lampreys and certain ascidians, molluscs, and worms.
October 24, 2008