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alveolate

alveolate adjective: having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.

Adjective

alveolate (not comparable)

  1. Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.

Noun

alveolate (plural alveolates)

  1. A member of a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates.

Forms of alveolate

pluralalveolates

Origin of alveolate

Borrowed from Latin alveolatus, from alveolus (“cavity”). For the protists, a borrowing of taxonomic name Alveolata.

Words formed from alveolate

Questions about alveolate

What does alveolate mean?
Alveolate means having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.
What part of speech is alveolate?
Alveolate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near alveolate in the dictionary

  1. alveolarizes
  2. alveolarizing
  3. alveolarly
  4. alveolars
  5. alveolary
  6. alveolate
  7. alveolated
  8. alveolately
  9. alveolates
  10. alveolation
  11. alveolations

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