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cupules

cupules is the plural of cupule.

Meaning of cupule

Noun

cupule (plural cupules)

  1. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
    • Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 146

Questions about cupules

What is cupules the plural of?
Cupules is the plural of cupule.

Words near cupules in the dictionary

  1. cupularly
  2. cupulas
  3. cupulate
  4. cupulately
  5. cupule
  6. cupules
  7. cupuliferous
  8. cupuliform
  9. cupulocrinid
  10. cupulogram
  11. cupulograms

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