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hectocotyliferous

hectocotyliferous adjective: bearing a hectocotylus.

Adjective

hectocotyliferous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Bearing a hectocotylus.

Questions about hectocotyliferous

What does hectocotyliferous mean?
Hectocotyliferous means bearing a hectocotylus.
What part of speech is hectocotyliferous?
Hectocotyliferous is an adjective.

Words near hectocotyliferous in the dictionary

  1. hectobillions
  2. hectochlorin
  3. hectocorn
  4. hectocorns
  5. hectocotyli
  6. hectocotyliferous
  7. hectocotylised
  8. hectocotylization
  9. hectocotylized
  10. hectocotylus
  11. hectocotyly

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