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Keywords: Downward, Ascending, Arch, Hypanthium, Melodic

Related Terms: Descending Triangle, Ancestor, Ancestral, Ancestry, Ascend, Ascending, Carina, Consanguinity, Crescent, Culmen, Cusp, Descend, Descendant, Descent, Direct, Downward, Entasis, Falcate, Glissade, Hexastyle, Horn, Lineage, Lineal, Matrilineal, Monophyletic, Patrilineal, Peripteral, Polyphyletic, Rise, Stoop, Subapical, Uncinate, Dorsal Fin, Pectoral Fin, Vakra, Midline, Paraphyletic, Rappel, Angles, Segmental Arch, Fork Length, Common Ancestor, Ledger Line, Creeping, Spring Line, Monophyletic Group, Ancestors, Descendant, Family Tree

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Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

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coming down or downward

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when the disc lines the upper tubular part of the hypanthium, or slopes downwards towards the valves

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a melodic line that goes downward in pitch. Related terms: arch, ascending.

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