Caeca

Word CAECA
Character 5
Hyphenation cæ ca
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Caeca"

What do we mean by caeca?

A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.

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The word "caeca" in example sentences

The Levant mole, an animal known from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and the adjacent part of the Caucasus, was mostly regarded as a subspecies of the Mediterranean mole T. caeca, until a revision of 1993, and the Iberian mole was similarly widely regarded as a Mediterranean mole subspecies until 1993. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Nemo enim tam caeca mente, qui non hoc ipsum videat: nemo tam stolido ingenio, qui non intelligat; tam pertinaci judicio, qui non agnoscat, ab his idiotis circumforaneis, sacram pollui Theologiam, ac caelestes Musas quasi prophanum quiddam prostitui. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Quae caeca vi ac specifica qualitate morbos futuros arcent. lib. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Fortuna est caeca, the inscription on my Miracle Stage, means "Fortune is Blind" but when Enjah asked about it, I realized what an unfortunate phrase it is in scatalogical English. ❋ Young Geoffrion (2007)

A bulbous pharynx ingests food into a short esophagus that divides into two blind intestinal caeca that extend posteriorly along the length of the body. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The bull trout and the Dolly Varden were long confused with one another because they are generally similar in overall appearance and in number of gill rakers, vertebrae, and pyloric caeca. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

An exceptional property in fishes and in birds for the most part is the being furnished with gut-appendages or caeca. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Different populations of finespotted trout from different tributaries of the Snake River exhibit differences in the numbers of scales, vertebrae, pyloric caeca, and basibranchial teeth. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

The gut-appendages or caeca in birds, as has been observed, are few in number, and are not situated high up, as in fishes, but low down towards the extremity of the gut. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Characteristics such as the number of scales, gill rakers, and pyloric caeca broadly overlap among brown trout, Atlantic salmon, and rainbow trout. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

And some possess appendages (or caeca) to the gut, but no animal that has not incisors in both jaws has a straight gut. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Slight differences in the number of scales, gill rakers, and pyloric caeca between the populations in the two creeks reflect this isolation. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

Some of the little birds also have these appendages; but the caeca in their case are exceedingly minute, as in the sparrow. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The hybrid splake is intermediate between the parent species in numbers of caeca typically 60-85. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

In salmonid fishes, there is a trend for higher numbers of pyloric caeca to be associated with predatory feeding. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

Pyloric caeca numbers are also higher in the Lahontan cutthroat than in any other subspecies, typically 50 to 60 versus 25 to 40. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

These number ranges overlap with those of Chinook salmon, but average values among coho populations are lower than those of Chinook, especially for pyloric caeca. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

The number of pyloric caeca in Mexican golden trout ranges from 10 to 30, averaging from 21 to 23 among several populations. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

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