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histial

histial adjective: pertaining to the hinge area of the carapace of an ostracod.

Adjective

histial

  1. Pertaining to the hinge area of the carapace of an ostracod.
    • In stratigraphically later genera with histial dimorphism frequently no histial structure and also no velar structure at all is present in the tecnomorphs.1957, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, Volume 37, page 203
    • The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15

Questions about histial

What does histial mean?
Histial means pertaining to the hinge area of the carapace of an ostracod.
What part of speech is histial?
Histial is an adjective.

Words near histial in the dictionary

  1. histerids
  2. histi-
  3. Histiaea
  4. Histiaeus
  5. Histiaia
  6. histial
  7. histic
  8. histidase
  9. histidases
  10. histidin
  11. histidinaemia

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