11. The overall physical appearance of the holdfast differs among various brown algae and among various substrates. 12. The characteristic feature is an anterior rhyncus or holdfast that is separate from the digestive system. 13. Among chordates some fishes and mammals have suckers, which are used as holdfast to substrata. 14. Holdfast is a small truncate disc.15. Some of the qualifying Rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. 16. Climbing hydrangea, English ivy, creeping fig, wintercreeper and trumpet vine attach with rootlike holdfasts . 17. All the mechanisms of making their holdfast are hidden under their base, which is quite small. 18. A " holdfast " is a rootlike structure present at the base of the alga. 19. The claw-like holdfasts of kelps and other algae have no absorbent function like land plants. 20. The holdfast can also be used for clamping work to the side of the bench for jointing.
