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ectocrine

ectocrine adjective: producing secretions by the decomposition of organisms.

Adjective

ectocrine (not comparable)

  1. Producing secretions by the decomposition of organisms

Noun

ectocrine (plural ectocrines)

  1. Such a secretion

Forms of ectocrine

pluralectocrines

Questions about ectocrine

What does ectocrine mean?
Ectocrine means producing secretions by the decomposition of organisms.
What part of speech is ectocrine?
Ectocrine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ectocrine in the dictionary

  1. ectocornea
  2. ectocranial
  3. ectocranially
  4. ectocranium
  5. ectocraniums
  6. ectocrine
  7. ectocrines
  8. ectocuneiform
  9. ectocuneiforms
  10. ectocyst
  11. ectocystic

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