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dactylethrae

dactylethrae is the plural of dactylethra.

Meaning of dactylethra

Noun

dactylethra (plural dactylethrae)

  1. One of several hollow fingerlike projections found on some bryozoans, used to absorb nutrients.
    • Erkosonea differs from that genus in the presence of dactylethrae instead of tergospores.1920, Ferdinand Canu, Ray S. Bassler, North American Early Tertiary Bryozoa
  2. A finger sheath
    • Instruments used in Stomatology: Bouglosson (tongue scraper or depressor), dactylethra (finger stall), lithanaboleus (parotid duct stone hauler), stomatodiastoleus (mouth opening instrument), sphenarion (wedge to keep mouth open),2014, D. Michaelides, Medicine and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean, page 151

Questions about dactylethrae

What is dactylethrae the plural of?
Dactylethrae is the plural of dactylethra.

Words near dactylethrae in the dictionary

  1. dactyle
  2. dactylectomies
  3. dactylectomy
  4. dactyles
  5. dactylethra
  6. dactylethrae
  7. dactyli
  8. dactylic
  9. dactylically
  10. dactylics
  11. dactylies

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