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acrembolic

acrembolic adjective: able to be withdrawn by muscles that cause the tip to sink inwards.

Adjective

acrembolic (not comparable)

  1. Able to be withdrawn by muscles that cause the tip to sink inwards.
    • In contrast to Archidoris, N. claurina has a swollen prostate, an acrembolic penis, a strange anastomosis of the vagina and the duct connecting the allosperm receptacles, and, most significantly, minute caryophyllid tubercles.2003, Michael Schrödl, Sea slugs of southern South America
    • The acrembolic type has appeared independently several times in gastropods, including some heterobranchs, while the pleurembolic proboscis may have appeared only once.2008, Winston Ponder, David R. Lindberg -, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca, →ISBN, page 346

Questions about acrembolic

What does acrembolic mean?
Acrembolic means able to be withdrawn by muscles that cause the tip to sink inwards.
What part of speech is acrembolic?
Acrembolic is an adjective.

Words near acrembolic in the dictionary

  1. Acrefair
  2. acreful
  3. acrefuls
  4. acreless
  5. acreman
  6. acrembolic
  7. acremen
  8. acremonia
  9. acremonium
  10. acreocracy
  11. acres

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