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undulatory, a. (ˈʌndjʊlətərɪ) [ad. mod.L. type *undulātōri-us: cf. undulate v. and -ory. So Sp. and Pg. undulatorio, It. ondulatorio, F. ondulatoire.] 1. Of motion: Characterized by successive rise and fall after the manner of waves.1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Undulation, The Undulatory Motion of the A...
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Undulatory locomotion
Undulatory locomotion is the type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. This poses a problem to animals, such as fishes and salamanders, which undergo undulatory movement.
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undulative
ˈundulative, a. rare—0. = undulatory a.1860 Worcester (citing Fletcher).
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Undulose extinction
Undulose extinction or undulatory extinction is a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals when examined in
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undulationist
unduˈlationist [f. prec. + -ist.] One who holds the undulatory theory of light.1834 Whewell in Todhunter Acc. Writ. (1876) II. 194 We undulationists do not conceive that we are in many points inferior to our adversaries. 1881 Nature XXIV. 382/1, I suppose that in the ordinary language of undulationi...
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Pleurosaurus
It swam via the use of poorly efficient axial undulatory anguilliform locomotion (the movement of the body side to side) in shallow marine environments
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subsaltatory
subsaltatory, a. rare—1. (sʌbˈsæltətərɪ) [f. sub- 22 + saltatory.] Characterized by a slight dancing motion.1860 Illustr. Lond. News 11 Feb. 139/2 Undulatory, horizontal, vertical, and subsaltatory motions.
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Flickiidae
Genera now in the Flickiinae:
Flickia Pervenquiere, 1907 - Shell smooth, moderately evolute, rather compressed, venter narrowly arched, suture smooth, undulatory
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Chironomus
They use a combination of hemoglobin-like proteins and undulatory movements in their burrows to obtain oxygen in poorly oxygenated habitats.
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Cephalopyge trematoides
It swims at approximately 12 cm/s, by passing several undulatory waves down its body each second.
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Kutchicetus
Kutchicetus' limbs and sacrum were probably weight-bearing and it probably swam using undulatory movements like modern otters and most likely Ambulocetus
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Tupilakosauridae
Tupilakosaurs were aquatic, and used an undulatory mode of swimming much like that of eels.
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Hahnberg (Thuringian Highland)
The Hahnberg is a 685.3 m high (above sea level) slightly undulatory tableland located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia (Germany).
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Heterocithara tribulationis
The sculpture shows about a dozen undulatory radial ribs, equal in breadth to their rounded interstices.
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