What is "frena"

Usage examples of "frena".

Pedunculated cirripedes have two minute folds of skin, called by me the ovigerous frena, which serve, through the means of a sticky secretion, to retain the eggs until they are hatched within the sack.

These cirripedes have no branchiae, the whole surface of the body and sack, including the small frena, serving for respiration.

Therefore I do not doubt that little folds of skin, which originally served as ovigerous frena, but which, likewise, very slightly aided the act of respiration, have been gradually converted by natural selection into branchiae, simply through an increase in their size and the obliteration of their adhesive glands.

Afterwards he had cried again, and frena had put a hand on his shoulder and hugged him.

One, that he still loved frena Dezov, and much more than he even realized, and two rather more disturbing, that she was married.

The Skoda pulled up outside the dacha and Stanski, Anna and frena climbed out.

A widow, frena Dezov was aged thirty-eight, and there was a photograph that showed a handsome dark-haired woman.

They arranged secretly through Mossad for myself and Sasha, along with Henri and frena, to live in Israel under new identities.

English were deserted in the battle, from the cowardice or treachery of their three leaders, all of them men of Danish race, Frena, Frithegist, and Godwin, who gave the example of a shameful flight to the troops under their command.

Frenò bruscamente, e sbandammo all'incrocio, mancando per poco un vecchio che attraversava la strada: era lui che aveva provocato la frenata di Susan e adesso si girò, ci urlò dietro e ci puntò contro il dito.