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anatomical

[an-uh-tom-i-kuhl] / ˌæn əˈtɒm ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
bony
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The Book of Exodus famously renders this principle as “an eye for an eye,” making revenge anatomical, as if it were as natural as we are.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The authors found that early squamate evolution involved a great deal of anatomical experimentation and convergent evolution, which helps explain why the earliest snake story has been so difficult to untangle from fossils alone.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The third thought his cell phone was part of his anatomical makeup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"This tells us that by the mid-Cambrian, when evolutionary rates were remarkably high, the oceans were already inhabited by arthropods with anatomical complexity rivaling modern forms," Ortega-Hernández added.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The mechanism by which genes specify macroscopic anatomical features—limbs, organs, and structures—was the first to be deciphered.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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