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andropodium

andropodium noun: a modified anal fin of certain types of livebearing fish that can be used for reproduction.

Noun

andropodium (plural andropodia)

  1. A modified anal fin of certain types of livebearing fish that can be used for reproduction

Forms of andropodium

pluralandropodia

Origin of andropodium

From andro- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).

Words formed from andropodium

Questions about andropodium

What does andropodium mean?
Andropodium means a modified anal fin of certain types of livebearing fish that can be used for reproduction.
What part of speech is andropodium?
Andropodium is a noun.
What is the plural of andropodium?
The plural of andropodium is andropodia.

Words near andropodium in the dictionary

  1. androphores
  2. androphorous
  3. androphorum
  4. andropodia
  5. andropodial
  6. andropodium
  7. andropogon
  8. andropogons
  9. Andropov
  10. Andropovism
  11. androromantic

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