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basoflagellomere

basoflagellomere noun: a basal flagellomere.

Noun

basoflagellomere (plural basoflagellomeres)

  1. A basal flagellomere.
    • Face silvery white pollinose; antenna extensively dark, from all black in most males to basoflagellomere more than 2/3r dark brown in females and some males; […]1990, F. Christian Thompson, “Two immigrant synanthropic flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to North America”, in Entomological News, volume 101, number 2, page 69
    • For instance, the basoflagellomere varies from being yellow to being blackish; the pile on T3 may or may be all black or black with orange pile anteriorly.2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of basoflagellomere

pluralbasoflagellomeres

Origin of basoflagellomere

From baso- + flagellomere.

Questions about basoflagellomere

What does basoflagellomere mean?
Basoflagellomere means a basal flagellomere.
What part of speech is basoflagellomere?
Basoflagellomere is a noun.
What is the plural of basoflagellomere?
The plural of basoflagellomere is basoflagellomeres.

Words near basoflagellomere in the dictionary

  1. basoches
  2. basocytopenia
  3. basodorsal
  4. basoepithelial
  5. basoepithelium
  6. basoflagellomere
  7. basoflagellomeres
  8. basofrontal
  9. Basoga
  10. basogenic
  11. basogranulin

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