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histotrophy

histotrophy noun: a form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph.

Noun

histotrophy (uncountable)

  1. A form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph

Questions about histotrophy

What does histotrophy mean?
Histotrophy means a form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph.
What part of speech is histotrophy?
Histotrophy is a noun.

Words near histotrophy in the dictionary

  1. histotripsy
  2. histotroph
  3. histotrophic
  4. histotrophism
  5. histotrophs
  6. histotrophy
  7. histotropic
  8. histotropism
  9. histotropy
  10. histotype
  11. histotypes

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