Word Meanings - RHACHIDIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.

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• TEETH
  pl. of Tooth.
• MOLLUSK
  One of the Mollusca.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• RHACHIDIAN
  Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
• RHACHIS
  The spine. The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern. The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb. The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called
• TEETHING
  The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach