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ambs

ambs is the plural of amb.

Meaning of amb

Noun

amb (plural ambs)

  1. The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.
    • This genus is distinguished from Duplopollis Krutzsch, 1959a, and Cupanieidites Cookson and Pike, 1954, by being syncolpate rather than syncolporate and by the islands at the angles of the amb.1970, Robert Max Kosanke, editor, Symposium on Palynology of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary

Proper noun capitalized: Ambs

Ambs (plural Ambses)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of ambs

pluralAmbses

Origin of ambs

Borrowed from German Ambs.

Questions about ambs

What does ambs mean?
Ambs means a surname from German.
What is ambs the plural of?
Ambs is the plural of amb.
What part of speech is ambs?
Ambs is a proper noun.

Words near ambs in the dictionary

  1. ambroxide
  2. ambroxol
  3. ambruticin
  4. ambry
  5. Ambrym
  6. ambs
  7. ambs-ace
  8. ambsace
  9. ambsaces
  10. Ambses
  11. ambucaine

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