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haptor

haptor noun: a complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.

Noun

haptor (plural haptors)

  1. A complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.

Forms of haptor

pluralhaptors

Words formed from haptor

Questions about haptor

What does haptor mean?
Haptor means a complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.
What part of speech is haptor?
Haptor is a noun.
What is the plural of haptor?
The plural of haptor is haptors.

Words near haptor in the dictionary

  1. haptophyceans
  2. haptophyta
  3. haptophyte
  4. haptophytes
  5. haptophytic
  6. haptor
  7. haptoral
  8. haptors
  9. haptotactic
  10. haptotactically
  11. haptotatic

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