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hygroreceptors

hygroreceptors is the plural of hygroreceptor.

Meaning of hygroreceptor

Noun

hygroreceptor (plural hygroreceptors)

  1. A structure, in many insects, that detects changes in the moisture content of the environment

Questions about hygroreceptors

What is hygroreceptors the plural of?
Hygroreceptors is the plural of hygroreceptor.

Words near hygroreceptors in the dictionary

  1. hygrophytic
  2. hygroplasm
  3. hygroreception
  4. hygroreceptive
  5. hygroreceptor
  6. hygroreceptors
  7. hygroscope
  8. hygroscopes
  9. hygroscopic
  10. hygroscopical
  11. hygroscopically

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