Get to know Sessile better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like attached.
Sessile in a sentence
Sessile meaning
- Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
- Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.
Synonyms of Sessile
Using Sessile
- The main meaning on this page is: Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. | Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.
- Useful related words include: attached, vagile, stalkless, pedunculate.
- In the example corpus, sessile often appears in combinations such as: were sessile, sessile and, sessile polyp.
Context around Sessile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sessile
- In this selection, "sessile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reproducing, floor, bracts, polyp, animals and aquatic stand out and add context to how "sessile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adopted a sessile lifestyle and algae or sessile animals. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sessile" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sessile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All sponges are sessile aquatic animals. (6 words)
The ovary is mostly sessile and has nectary glands. (9 words)
This, however, is an adaptation to their sessile existence. (9 words)
Prior to the extinction, about two-thirds of marine animals were sessile and attached to the sea floor but, during the Mesozoic, only about half of the marine animals were sessile while the rest were free-living. (37 words)
A terrestrial Geonemertes sp. on a rotting log, from Mindanao Island, the Philippines Most nemerteans are marine animals that burrow in sediments, lurk in crevices between shells, stones or the holdfasts of algae or sessile animals. (36 words)
Animal tissues Stylized cutaway diagram of an animal cell (with flagella) The kingdom Animalia or metazoa, contains multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic and motile (although some have secondarily adopted a sessile lifestyle). (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Prior to the extinction, about two-thirds of marine animals were sessile and attached to the sea floor but, during the Mesozoic, only about half of the marine animals were sessile while the rest were free-living.
This phenomenon of succession of differently organized generations (one asexually reproducing, sessile polyp, and one sexually reproducing, free-swimming medusa or sessile polyp) Vernon A. Harris (1990).
All sponges are sessile aquatic animals.
Animal tissues Stylized cutaway diagram of an animal cell (with flagella) The kingdom Animalia or metazoa, contains multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic and motile (although some have secondarily adopted a sessile lifestyle).
A terrestrial Geonemertes sp. on a rotting log, from Mindanao Island, the Philippines Most nemerteans are marine animals that burrow in sediments, lurk in crevices between shells, stones or the holdfasts of algae or sessile animals.
Free-swimming ( nectonic ) organisms are relatively rare, with the majority of organisms being bottom dwelling (benthic) — either moving about (vagrant) or permanently attached to the sea floor (sessile).
In the seas, the percentage of animals that were sessile dropped from 67% to 50%.
It is home to the Gummidgy Orchid-Thing, a sessile carnivore which hangs from trees and is a popular trophy for the wealthy.
Life habits Mating Doris montereyensis Sea lemons feed on sponges and other sessile animals or even on dead organic matter.
Phyllantherum the flowers are born directly on the bracts ( sessile ).
The ovary is mostly sessile and has nectary glands.
The three to five flowers per inflorescence are sessile or short- peduncled axillary cymes.
They also produce toxins that prevent other sessile organisms such as bryozoans or sea squirts from growing on or near them, making sponges very effective competitors for living space.
This, however, is an adaptation to their sessile existence.
Common combinations with sessile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: