Sabellidæ Small sabellids are common in holdfasts and seaweed masses.
Serpulidæ The calcareous tubes of these animals are seen everywhere below half tide, on rocks, in holdfasts and on kelp (spirobis).
The tubularian in question, however, was found only clustered in among the rootlike holdfasts of the Macrocystis at a depth of four to six fathoms.
Phyllodocidæ Three unidentified kinds inhabiting seaweed tangles andholdfasts are in the collection.
Part of this is sandy beach which after a heavy tide would often be covered by the laminæ and holdfasts of Macrocystis and other kelps, to which hydroids were generally attached.
This is a fairly abundant goose barnacle, found in holdfasts of kelp and occasionally on driftwood and floating objects.
Prostrate, creeping stem, with rootlets or holdfasts below, and leaf-like fronds above; fronds simple or with one or two branches deeply cut in narrow lobes nearly to the center.
Their holdfasts resemble fibrous roots and penetrate the sand or coral on which they grow.
The algae which grow on sandy shores and on corals have holdfasts which branch like fibrous roots and penetrate porous substances in all directions; but this is only for greater stability, and is an adaptation to the habitat.
Holdfasts do nothing for algae other than the name implies, whereas real roots absorb the nourishment upon which plants live.
The frond consists of a prostrate stem, from the lower side of which root-like fibers or holdfasts descend into the hard sand or coral, and from the upper side leaf- and branch-like secondary fronds arise.
He had the care of the cistern and the casks, and also amused himself with carpentering; it was from him I stole the pincers which I used in order to draw out the nails from the holdfasts of the hinges.
Drive two holdfasts for the fore guy, one in the rear of the other, in the prolongation of the axis of the shears.
Drive four holdfasts for each back guy, as follows: two on each side the line of the legs prolonged, three feet apart, and two six feet in the rear of these.
Now his progress was much slower than it had hitherto been, for in order not to start the holdfasts of the gutter, he was obliged to rest as much of his weight as possible on the slates.
The great danger of his present position was that the holdfasts securing the gutter might give way.
It is curious to observe what instinctive aptitude to curve towards suitable objects, and towards them only, is exhibited in the holdfastsof climbing-plants.
Every evening he minutely examined the holdfasts of the hinges and the whole chamber, and I used to say: Keep a good watch over me, for I am resolved by all means to escape.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holdfasts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
