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hingements

hingements is the plural of hingement.

Meaning of hingement

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

Questions about hingements

What is hingements the plural of?
Hingements is the plural of hingement.

Words near hingements in the dictionary

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

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