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delthyria

delthyria is the plural of delthyrium.

Meaning of delthyrium

Noun

delthyrium (plural delthyria)

  1. The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
    • In the present species the two plates are directed, not toward the margin of the delthyrium, from which at the hinge line the cardinal teeth presumably project, but to the oblique intersecting line.1908, George Herbert Girty, The Guadalupian fauna, page 208

Questions about delthyria

What is delthyria the plural of?
Delthyria is the plural of delthyrium.

Words near delthyria in the dictionary

  1. deltate
  2. deltates
  3. deltatheroidan
  4. deltatheroidans
  5. deltatsine
  6. delthyria
  7. delthyrial
  8. delthyrium
  9. deltic
  10. deltic acid
  11. Deltics

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