See Also: ambulacriform(medicine)

tenaille (iou) and ambulacriform (medicine)


tenaille (iou)



tenaille noun. L16.
[Old & mod. French from Latin tenacula pl. of tenaculum: see TENACULUM.]
In pl. Pincers, forceps. L16-E18.
Fortification. A small low work, consisting of one or two re-entering angles, placed before the curtain between two bastions. L16.

ambulacriform (medicine)


ambulacriform
<zoology> Having the form of ambulacra.

Origin: Ambulacrum.

Source: Websters Dictionary