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acleithral

acleithral adjective: lacking a cleithrum.

Adjective

acleithral (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a cleithrum
    • In the genotype, Lepralia auriculata the acleithral ooecium is marginally covered by a thick imperforate layer of secondary calcification, resulting in a reduced proximal area of exposed pseudoporous ectooecium; the secondary calcification never covers this exposed ectooecium, even in heavily...2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of acleithral

From a- + cleithral.

Questions about acleithral

What does acleithral mean?
Acleithral means lacking a cleithrum.
What part of speech is acleithral?
Acleithral is an adjective.

Words near acleithral in the dictionary

  1. acle
  2. ACLED
  3. acleidian
  4. acleioproctic
  5. acleistocardia
  6. acleithral
  7. aclerdid
  8. aclerdids
  9. acles
  10. Acli
  11. aclidian

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