Sessile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɛsaɪl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sessile is an adjective meaning (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
Meaning
(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
More Meanings
- (botany, oncology) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.
Example Sentences
a sessile oyster
The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]
Synonyms for sessile
Depending on context, synonyms include attached, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate.
Antonyms for sessile
Common opposites include mobile, motile, vagile, ambulatory, kinetic, motive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stalkless, attached, ovary, epifauna, trillium, cirripedes.
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