ambulacrum
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ambulacrum
(ăm′byə-lăk′rəm, -lā′krəm)n. pl. ambu·lacra (-lăk′rə, -lā′krə)
One of the five radial areas on the undersurface of the starfish and similar echinoderms, from which the tube feet are protruded and withdrawn.
am′bu·lac′ral adj.
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ambulacrum
one of the five radial bands on which tube feet occur on the outside surfaces of ECHINODERMS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005