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abathochroal

abathochroal adjective: with compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.

abathochroal: with compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate...
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Adjective

abathochroal (not comparable)

  1. With compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.

Origin of abathochroal

From Ancient Greek άβαθος (ábathos, “shallow”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”) + English -al.

Questions about abathochroal

What does abathochroal mean?
Abathochroal means with compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.
What part of speech is abathochroal?
Abathochroal is an adjective.

Words near abathochroal in the dictionary

  1. abaters
  2. abates
  3. abates of
  4. abatest
  5. abateth
  6. abathochroal
  7. abatic
  8. abating
  9. abating of
  10. abatis
  11. abatised

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