adnate
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adnate
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From Latin adnatus, past participle of variant form of agnascor (“born or growing at or upon”).
adjective more adnate · most adnate
- Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate. Adnate mushroom gills are broadly attached to the stalk slightly above the bottom of the gill, with most of the gill fused to the stem.
- Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently It differs from N. eleutherus by possessing a more adnate adipose fin and more prominent saddles and from N. albater by having 8 soft pectoral rays, a submarginal adipose bar, and no prominent basicaudal bar (Douglas 1972).
Opposite: connate
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adjective
Opposite: connate
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Talk about this word "adnate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adnate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adnate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adnate "adnate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adnate.Cite this
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title = {adnate},
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year = {2026},
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