radial symmetry

ra·di·al sym·me·try

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Definitions of radial symmetry words

noun radial symmetry a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish. 1
noun radial symmetry a type of structure of an organism or part of an organism in which a vertical cut through the axis in any of two or more planes produces two halves that are mirror images of each other 0

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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