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hairscales

hairscales is the plural 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

Questions about hairscales

What is hairscales the plural of?
Hairscales is the plural of hairscale.

Words near hairscales in the dictionary

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

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