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cyrtochoanite

cyrtochoanite noun: a cyrtochoanitic organism.

Noun

cyrtochoanite (plural cyrtochoanites)

  1. A cyrtochoanitic organism.
    • […] is inclined to regard it as a cyrtochoanite and points out that its narrow siphuncle indicates that it is not a holochoanite. With the exception of this single minute form, which is imperfectly known, even questionable[…]1931 10, Studies in Natural History
    • Although it is probable that this form is an orthochoanite and the segments of its siphuncle are cylindrical, it may be a cyrtochoanite with fusiform or even globular siphuncular segments. Until the nature of its siphuncle is[…]1937, Alvin Leonard Lugn, Arthur K. Miller, George Evert Condra, Gerald John Loetterle, Merlin Edward Upson, John Thomas Link, Eugene Clifton Reed, Nebraska Geological Survey, Oliver Joseph Scherer...

Forms of cyrtochoanite

pluralcyrtochoanites

Origin of cyrtochoanite

From cyrto- + choanite.

Questions about cyrtochoanite

What does cyrtochoanite mean?
Cyrtochoanite means a cyrtochoanitic organism.
What part of speech is cyrtochoanite?
Cyrtochoanite is a noun.
What is the plural of cyrtochoanite?
The plural of cyrtochoanite is cyrtochoanites.

Words near cyrtochoanite in the dictionary

  1. cyrtiniform
  2. cyrto-
  3. cyrtoceracone
  4. cyrtoceracones
  5. cyrtoceraconic
  6. cyrtochoanite
  7. cyrtochoanites
  8. cyrtochoanitic
  9. cyrtocone
  10. cyrtocones
  11. cyrtoconic

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