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dolonal

dolonal adjective: pertaining to the dolon.

Adjective

dolonal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the dolon.
    • 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
    • Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30

Origin of dolonal

From dolon + -al.

Questions about dolonal

What does dolonal mean?
Dolonal means pertaining to the dolon.
What part of speech is dolonal?
Dolonal is an adjective.

Words near dolonal in the dictionary

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

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