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dististele

dististele noun: the distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.

Noun

dististele (plural dististeles)

  1. The distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
    • Coordinate term: proxistele
    • The dististele in younger genera is greatly simplified from that of Coleicarpus and appears to function as a flexible buttressing rod to both hold the animal in place (into prevailing currents), as well as, provide a tail surface for locomotion.1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...

Forms of dististele

pluraldististeles

Questions about dististele

What does dististele mean?
Dististele means the distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
What part of speech is dististele?
Dististele is a noun.
What is the plural of dististele?
The plural of dististele is dististeles.

Words near dististele in the dictionary

  1. distingué
  2. distinguée
  3. distintegrin
  4. distiphalli
  5. distiphallus
  6. dististele
  7. dististeles
  8. dististyli
  9. dististylus
  10. distitarsi
  11. distitarsus

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