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chalimus

chalimus noun: the post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host.

Noun

chalimus (plural chalimi)

  1. The post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host
    • Samples of nauplius, copepodid and chalimus stages consisted of pools of parasites.2015 September 30, “A Survey of the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Gene Superfamily in the Salmon Louse ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of chalimus

pluralchalimi

Questions about chalimus

What does chalimus mean?
Chalimus means the post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host.
What part of speech is chalimus?
Chalimus is a noun.
What is the plural of chalimus?
The plural of chalimus is chalimi.

Words near chalimus in the dictionary

  1. chalicothere
  2. chalicotheres
  3. chalicotheriid
  4. chalicotheriids
  5. chalimi
  6. chalimus
  7. Chalindrey
  8. Chaling
  9. chalinid
  10. chalinids
  11. chalitzah

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