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hair scale

hair scale is the alternative form of hairscale.

Meaning of hairscale

Noun

hairscale (plural hairscales)

  1. A scale that is long and thin, resembling a hair.
    • The hairscales are homologous with the other scales and this is our reason for suggesting the term hairscale. We strongly disagree with using only one term such as mastigonemes for all hair shaped appendages, since this implies a homology which is obviously not correct1974, Ø Moestrup, HA Thomsen, “An ultrastructural study of the flagellate Pyramimonas orientalis with particular emphasis on Golgi apparatus activity and the flagellar apparatus”, in Protoplasma

Forms of hair scale

pluralhair scales

Questions about hair scale

What is hair scale the alternative form of?
Hair scale is the alternative form of hairscale.

Words near hair scale in the dictionary

  1. hair rollers
  2. hair salon
  3. hair salons
  4. hair salt
  5. hair salts
  6. hair scale
  7. hair scales
  8. hair seal
  9. hair seals
  10. hair shirt
  11. hair shirts

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