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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Pollachius virens
Latin
CONT

Pollocks are brownish-green dorsally with the color becoming more pale ventrally. They have a pale, smooth lateral line that is interrupted. The body is fusiform. They have a small chin barbel and a terminal mouth.

OBS

Pollachius virens (coalfish) is a species of bony fishes in the family [Gadidae].

OBS

coalfish: common name also used to refer to the species Parapercis colias and Anoplopoma fimbria.

Key term(s)
  • coal-fish
  • American pollock
  • harbor pollock
  • harbour pollack
  • harbor pollack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pollachius virens
Latin
OBS

goberge : appellation commerciale française normalisée par l'Office québécois de la langue française et le Bureau de normalisation du Québec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Pollachius virens
Latin
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Record 2 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Hedingia planapertura
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Caudinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hedingia planapertura
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Caudinidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Ceuthophilus fusiformis
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Orthoptera) of the family Rhaphidophoridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ceuthophilus fusiformis
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des orthoptères) de la famille des Rhaphidophoridae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia intermedia
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia intermedia
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia musculus
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia musculus
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Eupyrgus scaber
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Eupyrgidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Eupyrgus scaber
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Eupyrgidae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia oolitica
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia oolitica
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Cherbonniera utriculus
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cherbonniera utriculus
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia parva
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia parva
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Caudina arenata
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Caudinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Caudina arenata
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Caudinidae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia arctica
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia arctica
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 12 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Hedingia albicans
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Caudinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hedingia albicans
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Caudinidae.

Spanish

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Record 13 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Molpadia turgida
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Molpadiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Molpadia turgida
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Molpadiidae.

Spanish

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Record 14 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Paracaudina chilensis
Latin
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Caudinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Paracaudina chilensis
Latin
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Caudinidae.

Spanish

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Record 15 2022-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
musculus fusiformis
Latin
OBS

fusiform muscle; musculus fusiformis : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
musculus fusiformis
Latin
DEF

Muscle en forme de fuseau dont chacune des extrémités se termine par un tendon unique.

OBS

muscle fusiforme : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

musculus fusiformis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 16 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

... a fusiform organ [which] varies in size with the species. It is lined with mucous membrane which contains the gastric glands.

CONT

The glandular stomach may only have the function of production of gastric juices and serving as a passageway to the gizzard, or it may have additional functions as a storage organ and as an organ of gastric digestion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
CONT

L'estomac glandulaire (ventricule succenturié) est un renflement fusiforme dont la muqueuse est très riche en glandes.

CONT

L'œsophage aboutit à un estomac glandulaire ou ventricule succenturié relativement peu différencié, qui précède lui-même un plus robuste et volumineux estomac musculeux ou gésier.

Spanish

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Record 17 2016-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Cucurbita foetidissima
Latin
Pepo foetidissima
Latin
DEF

A perennial gourd(Cucurbita foetidissima) of dry parts of the central and southwestern U. S. and Mexico that has a thick fusiform taproot, ovate to slightly lobed leaves, and a small hard smooth bitter green-and-orange fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucurbita foetidissima
Latin
Pepo foetidissima
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des cucurbitacées.

Spanish

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Record 18 2016-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Decapterus punctatus
Latin
DEF

A small fusiform carangid fish of the Western Atlantic related to and often included among the mackerel scads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Decapterus punctatus
Latin

Spanish

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Record 19 2015-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

A fusiform aneurysm bulges out on all sides(circumferentially), forming a dilated artery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

[...] ou une dilatation au milieu du vaisseau sanguin (appelé «anévrisme fusiforme»).

Key term(s)
  • anévrysme fusiforme

Spanish

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Record 20 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
OBS

epidermoid carcinoma: carcinoma in which the cells tend to differentiate in the same way that the cells of the epidermis do; that is, they tend to form prickle cells and undergo carnification.

OBS

fusiform cell : A spindle-shaped cell, such as fibroblast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches
DEF

Carcinome épidermoïde, avec aspect biphasique dû à l'association de deux composantes cellulaires : l'une où l'on reconnait un carcinome épidermoïde et l'autre formée de cellules fusiformes dérivées des premières.

Spanish

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Record 21 2011-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Mouth with an arched upper lip.

CONT

(Partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome E-18) Abnormalities commonly associated with this chromosome deletion have been mental retardation, growth failure, microcephaly, hypertrophic ear parts, mid-face retraction, increased digital whorls, developmental retardation, ocular anomalies, fusiform fingers, carp mouth, hypoplastic ear canals, and genital abnormalities occurring in males.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Bouche dont la lèvre supérieure est arquée.

CONT

La lèvre inférieure est inversée et dépasse la lèvre supérieure. C'est l'aspect de la «bouche de carpe».

Spanish

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Record 22 2010-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
Universal entry(ies)
8004/3
classification system code
OBS

8004/3: International Classification of Diseases code.

Key term(s)
  • spindle cell type malignant tumor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
8004/3
classification system code
CONT

8004/3 : Code de la Classification internationale des maladies.

Spanish

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Record 23 2010-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
Universal entry(ies)
8043/3
classification system code
OBS

8043/3: International Classification of Diseases code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
8043/3
classification system code
OBS

8043/3 : Code de la Classification internationale des maladies.

Spanish

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Record 24 2010-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A spindle-shaped [tapered at both ends] cell characteristic of certain tumors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Les cellules fusiformes, [en forme de fuseau], du cortex cérébral sont des neurones. Leur grand axe est perpendiculaire à la surface du cortex; leurs dentrites, ascendantes et descendantes, sont issus des deux sommets; leur axone, issu latéralement du corps cellulaire, peut rester dans le cortex ou s'associer aux fibres efférentes du cortex.

CONT

[...] prolifération modérée de cellules fusiformes, ou «spindle cells» [...]

Spanish

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Record 25 2008-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
DEF

A term describing a spike that is widest in the middle and tapers to both its tip and base.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

Renflé au milieu et atténué aux deux bouts.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 26 2005-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

A cylindrical orebody shaped like a spindle, i.e. tapering toward each end from a swollen middle.

CONT

The Anaconda veins are the largest and most productive, averaging 6-10 m in thickness with local ore pods up to 30 m thick.

CONT

The chromite is found in deeper parts of the ophiolite as lenses, bands and pods in the layered and deformed ultramafic rocks.

Key term(s)
  • podlike lens

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

Corps minéralisé allongé en cigare.

CONT

Les dépôts de rivage s'ordonnent en ordre principal en lentilles allongées et étroites.

CONT

Dans la plupart des mines importantes, on exploite plusieurs amas podiformes que l'on peut également qualifier de lentilles fusiformes.

Spanish

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Record 27 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Tapering of both ends.

CONT

... the hands [in rheumatoid arthritis], particularly the proximal joints of the fingers, are involved.... The swelling of the joint consists not only of increased synovial effusion but also of inflammatory edema of the structures, so the swelling is maximal about the joint and gradually tapers off at a distance.... A typical fusiform appearance results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

[Dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde,] les interphalangiennes proximales sont presque toujours touchées [...]. Leur inflammation contribue à la raideur douloureuse matinale des mains. Elle crée un gonflement articulaire [...] renflant le doigt en fuseau [...]

OBS

Le terme «en fuseau» est plus fréquent que «fusiforme».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 28 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

An axial series of two or more parenchyma cells derived from a single fusiform cambial initial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Série axiale de deux ou plusieurs cellules de parenchyme provenant d'une même initiale fusiforme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Explotación forestal
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Record 29 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

The cell that is cut off on the inner side by a fusiform cambial initial but which undergoes further(periclinal) division before differentiating into a xylem cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Cellule résultant d'une division d'une initiale fusiforme du cambium du côté interne; elle se divise ensuite tangentiellement avant de se différencier en cellule du bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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Record 30 2000-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 31 1999-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A cell cut off on the outer side by a fusiform cambial initial but which undergoes further(peridinal) divisions before differentiating into phloem cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Cellule résultant d'une division d'une initiale fusiforme du cambium du côté externe; elle se divise ensuite tangentiellement avant de se différencier en cellules du liber.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 32 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A ray that is spindle-shaped as seen in tangential section.

OBS

Used particularly for the rays that contain intercellular canals in conifers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Rayon dont la section tangentielle a l'aspect d'un fuseau; spécialement, chez les conifères, les rayons qui renferment des canaux résinifères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 33 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

One of the small spindle-shaped components into which the fibril is resolved when chemically dissected; visible under an optical microscope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

L'un des composants en forme de fuseau qui résulte de la dissection chimique d'une fibrille.

OBS

Visible au microscope optique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 34 1999-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A rotational volcanic bomb of fusiform shape, with earlike projections at its ends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Bombe volcanique qui, projetée à l'état pâteux, s'est solidifiée en adoptant la forme imprimée par sa trajectoire rotative.

CONT

Les bombes [...] ont été projetées à l'état pâteux, la pâte enrobant un noyau solide. Leur forme est assez variable : certaines sont fusiformes, ayant pris cet aspect par tournoiement en l'air alors que la lave était encore pâteuse.

Spanish

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Record 35 1998-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

An axial parenchyma cell derived from a fusiform cambial initial without subdivision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Cellule de parenchyme axial dérivée d'une initiale fusiforme sans subdivision.

Spanish

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Record 36 1997-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Intercellular canal.... A tubular intercellular space of indeterminated length... generally serving as a repository for resins, gums, etc. secreted by the epithelium.... [When] it extends across the grain within a fusiform ray [, it is named]... a radial intercellular canal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Canal intercellulaire. [...] Espace intercellulaire tubulaire, de longueur indéterminée, dans lequel s'accumulent généralement des résines, gommes et autres produits sécrétés par un épithélium [...] [S']il est inclus dans un rayon fusiforme, il est dit : canal intercellulaire radial.

Spanish

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Record 37 1983-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
OBS

T. Carey.

Spanish

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Record 38 1978-06-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

any foraminifer belonging to the family Alveolinidae, characterized by an imperforate, porcelaneous, axially elongated test that may be subcylindrical, fusiform, ellipsoidal, or spherical. Their stratigraphic range is Lower Cretaceous to present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) foraminifère fossile et actuel dont les coquilles, globuleuses ou fusiformes, abondent dans certains terrains, principalement d'âge éocène.

Spanish

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Record 39 1977-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Forams of the subfamily loftusiinae have a] test [that is] fusiform, planispiral, involute, with numerous low whorls; wall [is] agglutinated, [the] interior labyrinthic; [the] aperture [is] multiple, along [the] base of [the] apertural face. "Jur.-Cret. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les foraminifères de la sous-famille des loftusiinae] sont des formes de grande taille (jusqu'à 12 x 3,5 cm), l'enroulement fusiforme (aussi parfois ovoïde ou nautiloide) s'effectue à partir d'un stade jeune planispiralé.

Spanish

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Record 40 1977-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Cephalopods of the family clinoceratidae have] faintly curved longiconic cyrtocones of fusiform or subfusiform shape, with no hyponomic sinus, but [an] aperture inclined slightly forward from dorsum to venter. [The] siphuncle [is] subcentral, or dorsal, or ventral of center, cyrtochoanitic, empty; [the] segments [are] slender, biconvex or planoconvex(...) "M. Ord.-U. Ord. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La famille des clinoceratidae] groupe des coquilles [de céphalopodes] fusiformes, avec [un] siphon subcentral sans dépôts (...)

Spanish

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Record 41 1977-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Any fossil belonging to one of the several genera of the Fusulinidae; a foraminifer shaped like a grain of wheat.

OBS

The fusulinids are an extinct group(...) The shells are commonly fusiform or subcylindrical in shape and coiled around an axis which generally coincides with the greatest diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Ce groupe renferme les grands Foraminifères fusiformes (...) Ce sont d'excellents fossiles, très utilisés pour la stratigraphie du Carbonifère et du Permien, mais qui jouent aussi un rôle important comme organismes constructeurs de terrains.

Spanish

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