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chordotonal

chordotonal adjective: describing the stretch receptors in arthropods that detect the position of body segments or appendages.

Adjective

chordotonal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the stretch receptors in arthropods that detect the position of body segments or appendages

Noun

chordotonal (plural chordotonals)

  1. Such a receptor

Forms of chordotonal

pluralchordotonals

Questions about chordotonal

What does chordotonal mean?
Chordotonal means describing the stretch receptors in arthropods that detect the position of body segments or appendages.
What part of speech is chordotonal?
Chordotonal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near chordotonal in the dictionary

  1. chordopox
  2. chordopoxvirus
  3. chordopoxviruses
  4. chordotomies
  5. chordotomy
  6. chordotonal
  7. chordotonals
  8. chords
  9. chordwise
  10. chordwork
  11. chore

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