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Definition of Bilaterally symmetric
1. Adjective. Having identical parts on each side of an axis.
Similar to: Symmetric, Symmetrical
Derivative terms: Bilaterality
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilaterally Symmetric
Literary usage of Bilaterally symmetric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... the almost bilaterally symmetric larva is transformed into the almost radially
symmetric adult. This metamorphosis undoubtedly represents the changes ..."
2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"... small and very slender ; tibial spurs small and much less developed than usual.
The antennas are bilaterally symmetric, shorter and more compact than in ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"This fact, pointing to a strong dependence upon the bottom, together with the
bilaterally symmetric form of the shell, has led me to the supposition that ..."
4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)
"3) of the embryo have exercised their own proper and distinct formative influence «
this part of the alimentary tract, so that a bilaterally symmetric^ ..."
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