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archaellum

archaellum noun: a unique whip-like structure on the cell surface of many archaea.

Noun

archaellum (plural archaella)

  1. A unique whip-like structure on the cell surface of many archaea

Forms of archaellum

pluralarchaella

Questions about archaellum

What does archaellum mean?
Archaellum means a unique whip-like structure on the cell surface of many archaea.
What part of speech is archaellum?
Archaellum is a noun.
What is the plural of archaellum?
The plural of archaellum is archaella.

Words near archaellum in the dictionary

  1. archaellar
  2. archaellated
  3. archaellation
  4. archaellin
  5. archaellins
  6. archaellum
  7. archaelogical
  8. archaemetzincin
  9. archaemetzincins
  10. archaeo-
  11. archaeoacoustic

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