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holdfast

[′hōl‚fast]

(botany)

A suckerlike base which attaches the thallus of certain algae to the support.

A disklike terminal structure on the tendrils of various plants used for attachment to a flat surface.

(invertebrate zoology)

An organ by which parasites such as tapeworms attach themselves to the host.

holdfast

A device for securing anything in its place, as a hook, bolt, spike, etc.

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Changes in invertebrate assemblages inhabiting Lessonia spicata (Phaeophyceae) holdfasts after the 2010 earthquake-mediated coastal uplift in Chile.

Inhabiting fauna in holdfasts of Lessonia nigrescens complex. Is it an indicator of ecological integrity in exploited kelp beds in northern Chile?

Seahorse color and its holdfast color were also recorded.

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Holdfast originally manufactured a lot of their products, but today they use overseas manufacturers and suppliers.

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Agardh) exhibit stolon-like branches arising from a discoid holdfast which is a diagnostic character of S.

190 years of Sargassum taxonomy, facing the advent of DNA phylogenies

Whatever it is and however it works, something akin to holdfast keeps Waldport's Big Wheel Restaurant hanging on despite a wheel- spinning January.

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This procedure left less than 5% of the holdfast behind.

Flow forces on seaweeds: field evidence for roles of wave impingement and organism inertia

Sphenothallus may have been equally happy in normal marine conditions, where traces of holdfasts have also been observed.

Reading between the lines: these lines may represent the fossilized skeleton of a primitive marine animal

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St Athan, the only bidder for both contracts, is also confident of winning this element, against the Holdfast consortium which is proposing to spread the work around a number of sites.