water vascular system in English

noun
1
(in an echinoderm) a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.
These tube feet are extended and retracted by hydraulic pressure in the water-vascular system .

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1. (equinodermos) Ambulacral system, water vascular system n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.: Las estrellas de mar se mueven y

2. The Ambulacrum is an area in echinoderms that is marked by calcitic plates and located over the radial canals of the internal water-vascular system

3. Ambulacrum (amb) In Echinodermata, an area of the body surface (covered in most classes by calcitic (see CALCITE) plates), that overlies one of the radial canals of the internal water vascular system, and bears the tube feet.In some echino-derms, e.g

4. Definition of Ambulacral : of, relating to, or being any of the radial areas of echinoderms along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and elements of the water-vascular system Ambulacral grooves First Known Use of Ambulacral 1811, in the meaning defined above