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asetose

asetose adjective: lacking bristles.

Adjective

asetose (not comparable)

  1. Lacking bristles
    • On each side of spatula 3 asetose lateral papillae grouped together, and one asetose ventral papilla somewhat farther away.2015 July 2, Dorchin N, Astrin JJ, Bodner L, Harris KM, “Morphological and Molecular Revision of the Genus Ozirhincus (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)—Long-Snouted Seed-Feeding Gall Midges on Asteraceae”, in...

Origin of asetose

From a- + setose.

Questions about asetose

What does asetose mean?
Asetose means lacking bristles.
What part of speech is asetose?
Asetose is an adjective.

Words near asetose in the dictionary

  1. aseptolin
  2. asequence
  3. ases
  4. Ases' Garth
  5. asetate
  6. asetose
  7. asetra
  8. asexual
  9. asexual division
  10. asexual reproduction
  11. asexual spore

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