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delthyrium

delthyrium noun: the opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.

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

Forms of delthyrium

pluraldelthyria

Words formed from delthyrium

Questions about delthyrium

What does delthyrium mean?
Delthyrium means the opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
What part of speech is delthyrium?
Delthyrium is a noun.
What is the plural of delthyrium?
The plural of delthyrium is delthyria.

Words near delthyrium in the dictionary

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

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