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amphicoronate

amphicoronate adjective: arranged alternately up and down.

Adjective

amphicoronate (not comparable)

  1. Arranged alternately up and down
    • The conical hypostome was encircled by 4–14 filiform amphicoronate tentacles with nematocysts.2016 February 4, “Green Fluorescence of Cytaeis Hydroids Living in Association with Nassarius Gastropods in the Red Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of amphicoronate

From amphi- + coronate.

Questions about amphicoronate

What does amphicoronate mean?
Amphicoronate means arranged alternately up and down.
What part of speech is amphicoronate?
Amphicoronate is an adjective.

Words near amphicoronate in the dictionary

  1. amphichromatic
  2. amphicoelian
  3. amphicoelous
  4. amphicoely
  5. amphicontinental
  6. amphicoronate
  7. amphicrania
  8. amphicribral
  9. amphicrine
  10. amphictyon
  11. amphictyonic

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