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deciduates

deciduates is the plural of deciduate.

deciduates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deciduate.

Meaning of deciduate

Noun

deciduate (plural deciduates)

  1. An animal that sheds a decidua.
    • In the non-deciduates this relation is one of simple contact; but this same relation has been likewise observed in mammiferous deciduates, whether they have the zonarial or the discoidal form of placenta.1884, Giovanni Battista Ercolani, The Reproductive process, page 405

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Questions about deciduates

What is deciduates the plural of?
Deciduates is the plural of deciduate.

Words near deciduates in the dictionary

  1. decidualizing
  2. deciduary
  3. deciduas
  4. deciduate
  5. deciduated
  6. deciduates
  7. deciduating
  8. deciduation
  9. deciduations
  10. deciduitis
  11. deciduity

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