[ˈsɛsɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of an organism, e.g. a barnacle) fixed in one place; immobile
(e.g: parrotfish inadvertently graze upon sessile invertebrates when cropping algae)


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Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin sessilis, from sess- ‘seated’, from the verb sedere