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colleterial

colleterial adjective: relating to the colleterial gland of insects.

Adjective

colleterial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the colleterial gland of insects.
    • The right ovary with its duct has been removed, and only a small portion of the colleterial glands is shown1892, Arthur Milnes Marshall, A Junior Course of Pracical Zoology

Origin of colleterial

From colleterium + -al.

Phrases with colleterial

Questions about colleterial

What does colleterial mean?
Colleterial means relating to the colleterial gland of insects.
What part of speech is colleterial?
Colleterial is an adjective.

Words near colleterial in the dictionary

  1. Collessie
  2. collet
  3. colleted
  4. colleter
  5. colleteria
  6. colleterial
  7. colleterial gland
  8. colleterium
  9. colleters
  10. colletid
  11. colletids

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