Body Plan

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• Body plan — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body plan — Plan Plan, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See {Plain}, a.] 1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body plan — A body plan, or bauplan, is essentially the blueprint for the way the body of an organism is laid out. An organism s symmetry,cite web | title = Up and down...or around and around? Body Symmetry in Animals | work = The Diversity of Living… …   Wikipedia

• body plan — 1. Biol. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Cf. bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry. 2. Naval Archit. a diagrammatic elevation of a hull, consisting of an end… …   Universalium

• body plan — noun : an end elevation in shipbuilding showing the contour of the sides or the transverse vertical cross sections of a ship at certain points of her length * * * 1. Biol. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each …   Useful english dictionary

• body plan — A drawing showing the forms of the various cross sections, the curvature of the deck lines at the side, and the projections, as straight lines of the waterlines, the buttock lines, transverse elevations and the diagonal lines …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Plan — Plan, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See {Plain}, a.] 1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body — Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body cavity — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body cloth — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Body clothes — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English