Definition of Distichal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distichal

distention cyst
distention ulcer
distentions
distermination
disthene
disthenes
disthrone
disthroned
disthrones
disthroning
disthronize
disthronized
disthronizes
disthronizing
distich
distichal (current term)
distiches
distichous
distichously
distichs
distie
disties
distil
distill
distillability
distillable
distillate
distillate oil
distillated

Literary usage of Distichal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"When the distichal axillary " is a syzygy," it is either united by syzygy to ... or there are two joints below it, so that it is really the third distichal. ..."

2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The palmar resting on the other axillary face of the distichal bears one arm giving three arms to this half ray. The same arrangement is seen in another ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"... but the incorporation of the costal and distichal plates in the calyx affords a very obvious distinction. The analysis of the calyx, however, ..."

4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1908)
"In Proverbs the lines are arranged almost without exception in couplets (distichal). A certain number of triplets occur (tris- ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1902)
"... and in fact seems to signify a ' distichal composition ' ;l for the various applications of the term see Ezek. 182 21s [2049], 172 Dt. 2837 Hab. 26 Mic. ..."

6. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1893)
"From the fourth distichal a like row of plates diverges radially, alternating with similar plates from the same distichal of the other half of the same area ..."

7. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1905)
"In the left antero-lateral ray there is only one distichal and but two palmars, though the second costal in this ray has the form of an axillary plate. ..."

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