Trophal Definition

adjective

(Roman antiquity, of a monument or memorial) Erected without Senatical grant by a prevailing general as a trophy (tropæum) commemorating a battle in which he was victorious; compare triumphal.

Wiktionary

Exhibited as a trophy of victory in war.

Wiktionary

Origin of Trophal

  • From the Latin tropaeum, trophaeum (“trophy”, “monument to victory in war”); suffixing to the stem trophæ- the English -al.

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Trophal Sentence Examples

  • Comstock and C. Kochi believe that the labrum belongs to it,, The appendages of the posterior three or trophal segments become the parts of the mouth.

  • Heymons considers that it represents the sternites of the three trophal segments, and that the gula is merely a secondary development.

  • The nervous system of the embryonic head exhibits three ganglionic masses, anterior to the thoracic ganglionic masses; these three masses subsequently amalgamate and form the sub-oesophageal ganglion, which supplies the trophal segments.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRO

Words Ending With

LALHAL

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Words Starting With T and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With L