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radial symmetry
noun
Biology.
- a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.
radial symmetry
noun
- a type of structure of an organism or part of an organism in which a vertical cut through the axis in any of two or more planes produces two halves that are mirror images of each other Compare bilateral symmetry
radial symmetry
- Symmetrical arrangement of parts of an organism around a single main axis, so that the organism can be divided into similar halves by any plane that contains the main axis. The body plans of echinoderms, ctenophores, cnidarians, and many sponges and sea anemones show radial symmetry.
- Compare bilateral symmetry
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of radial symmetry1
First recorded in 1885鈥90
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