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aporous

aporous adjective: lacking pores; not porous.

Adjective

aporous (not comparable)

  1. Lacking pores; not porous.
    • Fourteen sensory organs have been classified into three main groups: (a) aporous sensilla with a flexible socket, (b) porous sensilla with a flexible socket and (c) porous sensilla with an inflexible socket.2023 January 12, Artur Taszakowski, Adrian Masłowski, Kent M. Daane, Jolanta Brożek, “Closer view of antennal sensory organs of two Leptoglossus species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae)”, in Scientific...
    Synonyms:
    aporose

Synonyms of aporous

Origin of aporous

From a- + porous.

Questions about aporous

What does aporous mean?
Aporous means lacking pores; not porous.
What part of speech is aporous?
Aporous is an adjective.

Words near aporous in the dictionary

  1. aporias
  2. aporic
  3. aporically
  4. aporophobia
  5. aporose
  6. aporous
  7. aporphin
  8. aporphine
  9. aporphines
  10. aporphinoid
  11. aporphinoids

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