| DIACTINE | • diactine adj. Diactinal; having two rays. • diactine n. A spicule (of a sponge) that has two pointed arms. • DIACTINE n. a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin, also DIACT. |
| PECTINEI | • pectinei n. Plural of pectineus. • PECTINEUS n. a large flat muscle in the thigh. |
| PECTINES | • PECTEN n. (Latin) a comblike anatomical part. |
| DIACTINES | • diactines n. Plural of diactine. • DIACTINE n. a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin, also DIACT. |
| MONACTINE | • monactine adj. (Of a spicule) Having a single ray. • MONACTINE n. the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure, also MONACT. |
| PECTINEAL | • pectineal adj. (Obsolete, anatomy) Of or relating to the pecten. • pectineal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone. • PECTINEAL adj. of the pubic bone. |
| PECTINEUS | • pectineus n. (Anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of… • PECTINEUS n. a large flat muscle in the thigh. |
| TRIACTINE | • triactine adj. Triactinal; having three rays. • triactine n. A triactinal spicule (of a sponge). • TRIACTINE adj. three-rayed, also TRIACT, TRIACTINAL. |
| MONACTINES | • MONACTINE n. the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure, also MONACT. |
| POLYACTINE | • polyactine n. The ray of a polyactinal sponge. • POLYACTINE n. the spicule of a polyactinal sponge, also POLYACT. |
| TETRACTINE | • tetractine adj. Tetractinal; having four rays. • tetractine n. A spicule (of a sponge) that has four branches. • TETRACTINE n. a sponge spicule having four rays, also TETRACTINAL. |
| PECTINEUSES | • PECTINEUS n. a large flat muscle in the thigh. |
| POLYACTINES | • polyactines n. Plural of polyactine. • POLYACTINE n. the spicule of a polyactinal sponge, also POLYACT. |
| TETRACTINES | • tetractines n. Plural of tetractine. • TETRACTINE n. a sponge spicule having four rays, also TETRACTINAL. |
| HEXACTINELLID | • hexactinellid n. Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge. • HEXACTINELLID n. a kind of six-rayed sponge. |
| HEXACTINELLIDS | • hexactinellids n. Plural of hexactinellid. • HEXACTINELLID n. a kind of six-rayed sponge. |
| PECTINESTERASE | • pectinesterase n. (Biochemistry) A ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate… • PECTINESTERASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol. |
| PECTINESTERASES | • pectinesterases n. Plural of pectinesterase. • PECTINESTERASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol. |