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epispires

epispires is the plural of epispire.

Meaning of epispire

Noun

epispire (plural epispires)

  1. A spiral ridge on the surface of the shell of some fossilized gastropods.
    • Epispires, cothumopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...

Questions about epispires

What is epispires the plural of?
Epispires is the plural of epispire.

Words near epispires in the dictionary

  1. episperms
  2. episphere
  3. epispheres
  4. epispinal
  5. epispire
  6. epispires
  7. episporangia
  8. episporangium
  9. epispore
  10. epispores
  11. episporium

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