Definition of Homocercy

1. n. The possession of a homocercal tail.

Definition of Homocercy

1. Noun. (zoology) The possession of a homocercal tail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homocercy

1. [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Homocercy

1. The possession of a homocercal tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homocercy

homobatrachotoxin
homobenzylic
homobiotin
homoblastic
homocapsaicin
homocarnosine
homocarnosinosis
homocategoric
homocaust
homocellular
homocentric
homocentrism
homocercal
homocercal fin
homocercies
homocercy (current term)
homocerebrin
homochain
homochains
homochiral
homochiralisation
homochirality
homochiralization
homochlorcyclizine
homochromatic
homochromous
homochromy
homochronous
homocitrate synthase
homocitrullinuria

Literary usage of Homocercy

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

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1857)
"... to absolute homocercy by a sliding-scale so gradual, that it is (at all events in fossil examples) most difficult to define a positive line of ..."

2. Report of the National Academy of Sciences by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1884)
"103. A protest against modern nomenclature in zoology. By L. AGASSIZ. 104. On the duration of the electric discharge. By ON ROOD. 105. On homocercy and ..."

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