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deuterostomes

deuterostomes is the plural of deuterostome.

Meaning of deuterostome

Noun

deuterostome (plural deuterostomes)

  1. Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus, and the second pore becomes the mouth.

Questions about deuterostomes

What is deuterostomes the plural of?
Deuterostomes is the plural of deuterostome.

Words near deuterostomes in the dictionary

  1. deuteroreduction
  2. deuteroscopy
  3. deuterosome
  4. deuterosomes
  5. deuterostome
  6. deuterostomes
  7. deuterostomian
  8. deuterostomians
  9. deuterostomy
  10. deuterothematic
  11. deuterotheme

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