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endostyles

endostyles is the plural of endostyle.

Meaning of endostyle

Noun

endostyle (plural endostyles)

  1. A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.

Questions about endostyles

What is endostyles the plural of?
Endostyles is the plural of endostyle.

Words near endostyles in the dictionary

  1. endostructural
  2. endostructure
  3. endostructures
  4. endostylar
  5. endostyle
  6. endostyles
  7. endostylic
  8. endosulfan
  9. endosulfane
  10. endosulfans
  11. endosulfatase

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