adambulacral
Definition of adambulacral
: adjacent to the ambulacra
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Origin and Etymology of adambulacral
ad- + New Latin ambulacrum + English -al
First Known Use: 1854
adambulacral
Definition of adambulacral
-s
: any of a series of ossicles lying along the ambulacral grooves of starfishes
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1857
First Known Use of adambulacral
1857
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