| ADJECTIVE | all | sessile | permanently attached to a substrate |
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| all | sessile, stalkless | attached directly by the base |
| Meaning | permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. | |
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| Example | "sessile marine animals and plants" | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Opposite | vagile | Having freedom to move about |
| Spanish | sésil | |
| Catalan | sèssil | |
| Meaning | attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk. | |
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| Synonym | stalkless | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Opposite | pedunculate, stalked | Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk |
| Spanish | sésil | |
| Catalan | sèssil | |
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