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captaculum

/kæpˈtækjələm/

captaculum noun: one of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).

Noun

captaculum (plural captacula)

  1. One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).

Forms of captaculum

pluralcaptacula

Questions about captaculum

What does captaculum mean?
Captaculum means one of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).
What part of speech is captaculum?
Captaculum is a noun.
How do you pronounce captaculum?
Captaculum is pronounced /kæpˈtækjələm/.
What is the plural of captaculum?
The plural of captaculum is captacula.

Words near captaculum in the dictionary

  1. capsulotomy
  2. capsulæ
  3. capt
  4. Capt.
  5. captacula
  6. captaculum
  7. captafol
  8. captagon
  9. captain
  10. Captain Ahab
  11. Captain Armstrong

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