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Acalephan   Listen
noun
Acalephan, Acaleph  n.  (pl. acalephs, acalephans)  (Zool.) One of the Acalephae.






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"Acalephan" Quotes from Famous Books



... wings, it is born in its mature form; but it has had its Worm-like stage within the egg as much as the Butterfly that we knew a few months ago as a Caterpillar. In the same way certain of the higher Radiates undergo all their transformations, from the Polyp phase of growth to that of Acaleph or Echinoderm, after birth; while others pass rapidly through the lower phases of their existence within the egg, and are born in their final condition, when all their intermediate changes have been completed. We have appropriate ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 59, September, 1862 • Various



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