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cladial

cladial adjective: pertaining to the cladium.

Adjective

cladial

  1. Pertaining to the cladium.
    • Berry (1964) provided a comprehensive description of the species and Maletz (1994) confirmed Berry's conclusions concerning the proximal development and cladial branching of Pterograptus from isolated material.2005, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences - Volume 42, Issues 5-8, page 800
    • Several stages in the development of a cladium, showing the secondary nema as the leading rod of the cladial stipe (based on Bulman 1970a, Fig. 65).2017, Jörg Maletz, Graptolite Paleobiology, page 36

Words formed from cladial

Questions about cladial

What does cladial mean?
Cladial means pertaining to the cladium.
What part of speech is cladial?
Cladial is an adjective.

Words near cladial in the dictionary

  1. claded
  2. cladeless
  3. clades
  4. cladi
  5. cladia
  6. cladial
  7. cladic
  8. cladid
  9. cladids
  10. cladiellane
  11. cladiellanes

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