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ancestrula

ancestrula noun: the initial zooid of a bryozoan colony.

Noun

ancestrula (plural ancestrulas)

  1. The initial zooid of a bryozoan colony

Forms of ancestrula

pluralancestrulas

Origin of ancestrula

Scientific Latin, after French ancestrule, corresponding to ancestor + -ula.

Words formed from ancestrula

Questions about ancestrula

What does ancestrula mean?
Ancestrula means the initial zooid of a bryozoan colony.
What part of speech is ancestrula?
Ancestrula is a noun.
What is the plural of ancestrula?
The plural of ancestrula is ancestrulas.

Words near ancestrula in the dictionary

  1. ancestrial
  2. ancestrian
  3. ancestrie
  4. ancestries
  5. ancestrix
  6. ancestrula
  7. ancestrulas
  8. ancestry
  9. Anch'ing
  10. Ancha
  11. anchal

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