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dolon

dolon noun: a specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the carapace of a marine organism from the class Ostracoda, used for various purposes, such as locomotion, feeding, or sensory perception.

Noun

dolon (plural dolons)

  1. A specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the carapace of a marine organism from the class Ostracoda, used for various purposes, such as locomotion, feeding, or sensory perception.
    • In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343
    • Velum occurs as a narrow, rounded ridge forming the valve margin in lateral view, continuous posteriorly as the dolon in females.1991, Peter Colley Sylvester-Bradley, David J. Siveter, A Stereo-atlas of Ostracod Shells - Volume 18, Part 1, page 4

Forms of dolon

pluraldolons

Words formed from dolon

Questions about dolon

What does dolon mean?
Dolon means a specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the carapace of a marine organism from the class Ostracoda, used for various purposes, such as locomotion, feeding, or sensory perception.
What part of speech is dolon?
Dolon is a noun.
What is the plural of dolon?
The plural of dolon is dolons.

Words near dolon in the dictionary

  1. dolomitizes
  2. dolomitizing
  3. dolomization
  4. dolomized
  5. dolomol
  6. dolon
  7. dolonal
  8. dolor
  9. Dolores
  10. Dolores County
  11. doloresite

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