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actinopharynx

actinopharynx noun: a tube which leads from the mouth to the coelenteron in sea anemones.

Noun

actinopharynx (plural actinopharynxes or actinopharynges)

  1. A tube which leads from the mouth to the coelenteron in sea anemones
    • Morphological synapomorphies that support anthozoan monophyly include the actinopharynx, which is an ectodermally-lined tube that extends from the mouth into the gastric cavity, the siphonoglyph, which is a ciliated groove in the actinopharynx, and the mesenteries, which are sheets of gastrodermal...2015 October 15, “Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of actinopharynx

pluralactinopharynxes
pluralactinopharynges

Origin of actinopharynx

From actino- + pharynx.

Questions about actinopharynx

What does actinopharynx mean?
Actinopharynx means a tube which leads from the mouth to the coelenteron in sea anemones.
What part of speech is actinopharynx?
Actinopharynx is a noun.
What is the plural of actinopharynx?
The plural of actinopharynx is actinopharynxes.

Words near actinopharynx in the dictionary

  1. actinons
  2. actinopathy
  3. actinophage
  4. actinophages
  5. actinopharynges
  6. actinopharynx
  7. actinopharynxes
  8. actinophone
  9. actinophones
  10. actinophonic
  11. actinophore

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