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actinophorous

actinophorous adjective: having straight projecting spines.

Adjective

actinophorous (comparative more actinophorous, superlative most actinophorous)

  1. Having straight projecting spines

Forms of actinophorous

comparativemore actinophorous
superlativemost actinophorous

Origin of actinophorous

Derived from Ancient Greek.

Questions about actinophorous

What does actinophorous mean?
Actinophorous means having straight projecting spines.
What part of speech is actinophorous?
Actinophorous is an adjective.

Words near actinophorous in the dictionary

  1. actinophone
  2. actinophones
  3. actinophonic
  4. actinophore
  5. actinophores
  6. actinophorous
  7. actinophryan
  8. actinophryans
  9. actinophryd
  10. actinophryds
  11. actinophryid

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