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deuteroconches

deuteroconches is the plural of deuteroconch.

Meaning of deuteroconch

Noun

deuteroconch (plural deuteroconches or deuteroconchs)

  1. The second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods
    • A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25

Questions about deuteroconches

What is deuteroconches the plural of?
Deuteroconches is the plural of deuteroconch.

Words near deuteroconches in the dictionary

  1. deuterocerebrum
  2. deuterochloride
  3. deuterochlorides
  4. deuterochloroform
  5. deuteroconch
  6. deuteroconches
  7. deuterocone
  8. deuterocones
  9. deuteroformaldehyde
  10. deuterogamist
  11. deuterogamists

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