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sulcus

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

sulcus (pl. sulci) Latin for groove or furrow.
1. A complex region of parallel ridges and furrows on a satellite surface, particularly well developed on Ganymede (e.g. Uruk Sulcus, an area of bright, grooved terrain bordering Galileo Regio).

2. A major, rounded depression on the longitudinal mid-line of a brachiopod (Brachiopoda) shell. It usually occurs in the ventral valve and is usually accompanied by a major, rounded, shell elevation (fold) in the other valve.

3. See DINOPHYCEAE.

4. See POLLEN.

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sulcus

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

sulcus A complex network of parallel linear depressions and ridges on a planetary surface; pl.sulci. The name, which means ‘furrow’, is not a geological term, but is used in the nomenclature of individual features, for example the Sulci Gordii on Mars, or the Harran Sulci on Enceladus.

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sulcus

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

sulcus (sul-kŭs) n. (pl. sulci)
1. one of the many clefts or infoldings of the surface of the brain.

2. any of the infoldings of soft tissue in the mouth.

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sulcus

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

sulcus A furrow or groove. On the surface of a pollen grain, a colpus.

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sulcus

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

sulcus A furrow or groove.

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