sessile
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sessile
- /ˈsɛsaɪl/
- /ˈsɛsɪl/
Where it comes from
From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.
adjective
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Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
a sessile oyster
Similar: attached, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, static, rigid, stationary · Opposite: mobile, motile, vagile, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, motive, movable
- Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless. The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
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adj zoology
| Español | sésil |
|---|---|
| Português | séssil |
| Français | sessile |
| Deutsch | festgewachsen, festsitzend, sitzend, sessil |
| Italiano | sessile |
| Русский | сидя́чий sidjáčij, прикреплённый prikrepljónnyj |
adj botany
| Español | sésil |
|---|---|
| Português | séssil |
| Deutsch | ungestielt, stiellos, sessil, sitzend |
| Italiano | sessile |
| Ελληνικά | άμισχος ámischos |
| Русский | сидя́чий sidjáčij, бесчерешко́вый besčereškóvyj |
Talk about this word "sessile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sessile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sessile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sessile "sessile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sessile.Cite this
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