ambulacral

English

Adjective

ambulacral (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum

Derived terms

• adambulacral
• antambulacral

Translations

pertaining to the ambulacrum

• Polish: ambulakralny
• Portuguese: ambulacral, ambulacrário
• Spanish: ambulacral (es)

Noun

ambulacral (plural ambulacrals)

1. Alternative form of ambulacrum.

Portuguese

Etymology

From ambulacro (“ambulacrum”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bu.laˈkɾaw/ [ɐ̃.bu.laˈkɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bu.lɐˈkɾal/ [ɐ̃.bu.lɐˈkɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bu.lɐˈkɾal/ [ɐ̃.bu.lɐˈkɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bu.lɐˈkɾa.li/

Adjective

ambulacral m or f (plural ambulacrais)

1. (zoology) ambulacral (pertaining to the ambulacrum)

   Synonym: ambulacrário

Further reading

• “ambulacral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ambulacro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambulaˈkɾal/ [ãm.bu.laˈkɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧la‧cral

Adjective

ambulacral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulacrales)

1. ambulacral

Further reading

• “ambulacral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025