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endophragma

endophragma noun: a chitinous structure above the nerve cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.

Noun

endophragma

  1. A chitinous structure above the nerve cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.
  2. The innermost wall of the septum on some insects.
    • This little-known Oriental species [Aphytis angustus] appears to be rather closely related to obscurus, but may be readily separated from the latter species by the relatively long endophragma, propodeum, ovipositor and syntergum2012, David Rosen, P. DeBach, Species of Aphytis of the World
  3. A partition in the frond of some seaweeds.

Origin of endophragma

From endo- + phragma.

Words formed from endophragma

Questions about endophragma

What does endophragma mean?
Endophragma means a chitinous structure above the nerve cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.
What part of speech is endophragma?
Endophragma is a noun.

Words near endophragma in the dictionary

  1. endophoric
  2. endophorically
  3. endophorics
  4. endophotocoagulation
  5. endophotocoagulations
  6. endophragma
  7. endophragmal
  8. endophthalmia
  9. endophthalmias
  10. endophthalmites
  11. endophthalmitides

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