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cryptonephridial

cryptonephridial adjective: describing a kidney-like organ in some beetles that allows them to survive in very dry environments.

Adjective

cryptonephridial (not comparable)

  1. Describing a kidney-like organ in some beetles that allows them to survive in very dry environments.

Origin of cryptonephridial

From crypto- + nephridial.

Questions about cryptonephridial

What does cryptonephridial mean?
Cryptonephridial means describing a kidney-like organ in some beetles that allows them to survive in very dry environments.
What part of speech is cryptonephridial?
Cryptonephridial is an adjective.

Words near cryptonephridial in the dictionary

  1. cryptomorphism
  2. cryptomorphisms
  3. cryptomoscatone
  4. cryptomoscatones
  5. crypton
  6. cryptonephridial
  7. cryptoniscid
  8. cryptoniscids
  9. cryptoniscoid
  10. cryptoniscoids
  11. cryptonloid

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