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carcinoecia

carcinoecia is the plural of carcinoecium.

Meaning of carcinoecium

Noun

carcinoecium (plural carcinoecia)

  1. A chitinous structure, produced by some sea anemones, that overlies the gastropod shell of a hermit crab

Questions about carcinoecia

What is carcinoecia the plural of?
Carcinoecia is the plural of carcinoecium.

Words near carcinoecia in the dictionary

  1. carcinizes
  2. carcinizing
  3. carcino-
  4. carcinocyte
  5. carcinocytes
  6. carcinoecia
  7. carcinoecium
  8. carcinoembrionic
  9. carcinoembryogenic
  10. carcinoembryonic
  11. carcinogen

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