unstalked

[ uhn-stawkt ]

adjective

1. without a stalk or stalks. stalk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unstalked¹

First recorded in 1870–75; un- ¹ + stalk ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Isopod, ī′so-pod, n. a crustacean whose legs are all alike, any one of the Isop′oda, an order of higher Crustaceans in the division with unstalked eyes.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

Or divisions were based upon certain modifications of structure which, as we now see, affected assemblages of diverse affinity: thus both Blastoidea and Euechinoidea were divided into Regularia and Irregularia; the Holothuroidea into Pneumophora and Apneumona; and Crinoids were discussed under the heads “stalked” and “unstalked.”

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Synonyms: M. steinii S. K.; M. longicollis S. K. The individuals are unstalked, minute, and of a general flask-shape.

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The individuals are unstalked or provided with a very short stalk less than the body in length.

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In one case, that of the Red Hermitage wine of France, the grapes are unstalked and crushed before being placed in the vat.

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