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basicostae

basicostae is the plural of basicosta.

Meaning of basicosta

Noun

basicosta (plural basicostae)

  1. The distal plate in the axillary area of the wing of an insect along which the costa of the wing articulates
    • Wing measurements: M 2 /d = length of vein M 2 : greatest length of discal medial cell (discal cell); CuA 1 ratio = length of apical: preapical sections of vein CuA 1 ; lw/ww = greatest length of wing (from basicosta to apex): greatest width of wing.2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Questions about basicostae

What is basicostae the plural of?
Basicostae is the plural of basicosta.

Words near basicostae in the dictionary

  1. basicly
  2. basicness
  3. basiconic
  4. basiconics
  5. basicosta
  6. basicostae
  7. basicostal
  8. basicoxal
  9. basicrania
  10. basicranial
  11. basicranium

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