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hingement

hingement noun: the connection between the two halves of a bivalve's shell.

Noun

hingement (countable and uncountable, plural hingements)

  1. The connection between the two halves of a bivalve's shell.
    • According to Scott (1961, p. Q84), the hingement of the Kirkbyacea resembles that found in the Kloedenellacea, suggesting a possible relationship between these superfamilies.1963, James Charles Melik, The Hingement and Contact Margin Structure of Palaeocopid Ostracodes From Some Middle Devonian Formation of Michigan, Southwestern Ontario, and Western New York., page 58
    • The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar...1978, Philip D. Gingerich, New Condylarthra (Mammalia) from the Paleocene and Early Eocene of North America, page 289

Forms of hingement

pluralhingements

Origin of hingement

From hinge + -ment.

Questions about hingement

What does hingement mean?
Hingement means the connection between the two halves of a bivalve's shell.
What part of speech is hingement?
Hingement is a noun.
What is the plural of hingement?
The plural of hingement is hingements.

Words near hingement in the dictionary

  1. hingedly
  2. hingeing
  3. hingeless
  4. hingelessness
  5. hingelike
  6. hingement
  7. hingements
  8. hinger
  9. hingers
  10. hinges
  11. hinges on

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