A leptoid is a type of elongated food-conducting cell like phloem in the stems of some mosses, such as the family Polytrichaceae. They surround strands...
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Scale (zoology) (section Leptoid scales)
have had scales with the properties of both placoid and ganoid scales. Leptoid scales are found on higher-order bony fish. As they grow they add concentric...
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Fish scale (redirect from Leptoid scale)
to cover plows. In current times jewellery is made from these scales. Leptoid (bony-ridge) scales are found on higher-order bony fish, the teleosts (the...
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have leptoid scales. The outer part of these scales fan out with bony ridges, while the inner part is crossed with fibrous connective tissue. Leptoid scales...
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from the soil. They are surrounded by bundles of living cells known as leptoids which carry sugars and other nutrients in solution. The hydroids are analogous...
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Brian P.; Ovrebo, Clark L. (2005). "Leucoagaricus bivelatus, a new volvate leptoid species". Mycotaxon. 91: 303–308. Watling, Roy; Hausknecht, Anton (1997)...
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those in vascular plants that support large size, including hydroid and leptoid cells to conduct water and photosynthate, and lamellae that provide gas...
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psychophysical capacity to enjoy life" (p. 240) Heard termed this phase "Leptoid Man" (from the Greek word lepsis: "to leap") because humans increasingly...
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water with little disturbance from the scales themselves. They also have leptoid scales, which are flexible plates of bone which help to protect the fish...
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the trout-perch has thin, flexible plates of bone or leptoid scales. Their particular leptoid scales are ctenoid scales that are similar to the perch's...
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