adapically
Refers to a direction toward the apex or pointed end of a structure, particularly in the context of coiled shells like those of ammonites and other cephalopods.
Adverb
- Refers to a direction toward the apex or pointed end of a structure, particularly in the context of coiled shells like those of ammonites and other cephalopods.
- This feature is more noticeable adapically than adorally, since in the latter region the area of the scrobicules is increased rather more than that of the bosses. - 1911, H. L. Hawkins, “Tuberculation of Holectypoida”,...
Origin
From adapical + -ly.