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gonocalyx

gonocalyx noun: the bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid.

Noun

gonocalyx (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid.

Origin of gonocalyx

From gono- + Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup of a flower”).

Questions about gonocalyx

What does gonocalyx mean?
Gonocalyx means the bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid.
What part of speech is gonocalyx?
Gonocalyx is a noun.

Words near gonocalyx in the dictionary

  1. gono-
  2. gonoactive
  3. gonoblastidia
  4. gonoblastidial
  5. gonoblastidium
  6. gonocalyx
  7. gonochoric
  8. gonochorism
  9. gonochorismus
  10. gonochorist
  11. gonochoristic

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