Difference between revisions of "torus"
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|lexical category=noun; plural <b>tori</b> | |lexical category=noun; plural <b>tori</b> | ||
|etymology=Latin <i>torus</i>, swelling | |etymology=Latin <i>torus</i>, swelling | ||
| − | |definition=1. A blunt, rounded, ridge or protuberance. | + | |definition=1. A [[blunt]], rounded, [[ridge]] or [[protuberance]]. |
| − | 2. ([[Annelida]]: Polychaeta) Low ridges provided with rows of acicular hooks or minute setae or uncini. | + | 2. ([[Annelida]]: [[Polychaeta]]) Low ridges provided with rows of [[acicular]] hooks or [[minute]] setae or [[uncini]]. |
| − | 3. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Diptera, the pedicel of the antenna. | + | 3. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Diptera, the [[pedicel]] of the [[antenna]]. |
| − | 4. ([[Porifera]]) A more or less doughnut-shaped space around the organism, concerned with water circulation. | + | 4. ([[Porifera]]) A more or less doughnut-shaped space around the [[organism]], concerned with water [[circulation]]. |
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[[Category:Disambiguation page necessary]] | [[Category:Disambiguation page necessary]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:42, 13 September 2013
torus (noun; plural tori; Latin torus, swelling): 1. A blunt, rounded, ridge or protuberance.2. (Annelida: Polychaeta) Low ridges provided with rows of acicular hooks or minute setae or uncini.
3. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Diptera, the pedicel of the antenna.
4. (Porifera) A more or less doughnut-shaped space around the organism, concerned with water circulation.
