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cell-spot

cell-spot is the alternative form of cellspot.

Meaning of cellspot

Noun

cellspot (plural cellspots)

  1. A circular marking found on the wings of some butterflies and moths; orbicular stigma.
    • A heavily suffused fuscous median fascia separates the cellspots and widens towards the hindmargin where it fuses with the postmedian fascia1988, Walter Wittmer, Willi Büttiker, Friedhelm Krupp, Fauna of Saudi Arabia, volume 9

Forms of cell-spot

pluralcell-spots

Questions about cell-spot

What is cell-spot the alternative form of?
Cell-spot is the alternative form of cellspot.

Words near cell-spot in the dictionary

  1. cell-oriented programming
  2. cell-phone
  3. cell-phoned
  4. cell-phones
  5. cell-phoning
  6. cell-spot
  7. cell-spots
  8. cell-wall
  9. cell-walls
  10. cella
  11. cellae

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