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sessilely

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English

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Etymology

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From sessile +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.aɪl.li/, /ˈsɛs.ɪl.li/

Adverb

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sessilely (comparative more sessilely, superlative most sessilely)

  1. (zoology, botany) In a sessile manner.
    • 1886, Journal of the Trenton Natural History Society, volume 1, page 138:
      The species, so far as the shape of the lorica is concerned, resembles the sessilely attached fresh-water Salpingaeca fusiformis, S. K., but is excluded from the section to which Kent has relegated the latter, by the possession of the pedicle.
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