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celleporiform

celleporiform adjective: multilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.

Adjective

celleporiform (not comparable)

  1. Multilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.
    • In this paper we restrict our discussion to colonies assigned to the celleporiform A growth form since they are unique in several important ways.1979, International Bryozoology Association, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Marie B. Abbott, Advances in Bryozoology (page 298)
    • Specimen-wise, the assemblage is dominated by […] poorly preserved and small (usually < 1 cm in diameter) celleporiform colonies represented by several species.2005, Hugo Moyano, Juan Cancino, Patrick Wyse Jackson, Bryozoan Studies 2004: Proceedings of the 13th International Bryozoology Association conference

Questions about celleporiform

What does celleporiform mean?
Celleporiform means multilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.
What part of speech is celleporiform?
Celleporiform is an adjective.

Words near celleporiform in the dictionary

  1. cellentani
  2. cellepore
  3. cellepores
  4. celleporid
  5. celleporids
  6. celleporiform
  7. cellery
  8. cellevision
  9. cellfectin
  10. cellfectins
  11. cellfree

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