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plicate /pli·cate/ (pli´kāt) plaited or folded.
pli·cate (plkt) or pli·cat·ed (-ktd)
adj.
Arranged in folds like those of a fan; pleated.
plicate [pli´kāt]
plaited or folded.
plicate
plaited or folded.
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Histology A 4-mm cross-section of each mussel, including digestive diverticula, gills, mantle, kidneys, plicate membranes, and the byssus gland, was dissected and fixed in Davidson's fixative for 48 h at 4[degrees]C.
Several cases of disseminated neoplasia in mussels Mytilus edulis ... by Galimany, Eve; Sunila, Inke / Journal of Shellfish Research
Among the southeastern aquatic species that are critically endangered are the tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri), with only one reproducing population in Indian Creek, Virginia; the plicate rocksnail (Leptoxis plicata), currently found only in the Locust Fork, Alabama; and the boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), found only in the Elk River in Tennessee and Alabama.
Saving species on the brink of extinction by Balis-Larsen, Martha; Motivans, Karene / Endangered Species Update
 
 
 
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