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gephyrocercal

gephyrocercal adjective: having a caudal fin formed by the "bridging" of the dorsal and anal fins.

Adjective

gephyrocercal (not comparable)

  1. Having a caudal fin formed by the "bridging" of the dorsal and anal fins

Origin of gephyrocercal

From gephyro- + cercal.

Questions about gephyrocercal

What does gephyrocercal mean?
Gephyrocercal means having a caudal fin formed by the "bridging" of the dorsal and anal fins.
What part of speech is gephyrocercal?
Gephyrocercal is an adjective.

Words near gephyrocercal in the dictionary

  1. Gepharts
  2. gephyrean
  3. gephyreans
  4. gephyrin
  5. gephyrins
  6. gephyrocercal
  7. gephyrocercy
  8. gephyrophobia
  9. gephyrostegid
  10. gephyrostegids
  11. Gepid

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