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hairscale

hairscale noun: a scale that is long and thin, resembling a hair.

hairscale: a scale that is long and thin, resembling a hair
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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 hairscale

pluralhairscales
alternative formhair scale

Origin of hairscale

hair + scale

Questions about hairscale

What does hairscale mean?
Hairscale means a scale that is long and thin, resembling a hair.
What part of speech is hairscale?
Hairscale is a noun.
What is the plural of hairscale?
The plural of hairscale is hairscales.

Words near hairscale in the dictionary

  1. hairs
  2. hairs in the gate
  3. hairs' breadths
  4. hairsbreadth
  5. hairsbreadths
  6. hairscale
  7. hairscales
  8. hairsedge
  9. hairshaft
  10. hairshafts
  11. hairshirt

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