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chrysochlorid

chrysochlorid noun: any member of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles.

Noun

chrysochlorid (plural chrysochlorids)

  1. Any member of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles.
    • If the highly vestigial eyes of N. typhlops have degenerated over a longer timespan than the less degenerative eyes of chrysochlorids, then eye-specific genes in N. typhlops should be in a greater state of decay than in chrysochlorids and also show evidence for an earlier onset of relaxed...2023 October 28, Mark S. Springer, Christopher A. Emerling, John Gatesy, “Three Blind Moles: Molecular Evolutionary Insights on the Tempo and Mode of Convergent Eye Degeneration in Notoryctes...

Forms of chrysochlorid

pluralchrysochlorids

Origin of chrysochlorid

Borrowed from translingual Chrysochloridae, equivalent to translingual Chrysochloris + -id.

Questions about chrysochlorid

What does chrysochlorid mean?
Chrysochlorid means any member of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles.
What part of speech is chrysochlorid?
Chrysochlorid is a noun.
What is the plural of chrysochlorid?
The plural of chrysochlorid is chrysochlorids.

Words near chrysochlorid in the dictionary

  1. chrysobulls
  2. chrysocarpous
  3. chrysochalk
  4. chrysochlore
  5. chrysochlores
  6. chrysochlorid
  7. chrysochlorids
  8. chrysochlorous
  9. chrysocolla
  10. chrysocollas
  11. chrysocracy

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