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hypocercal

hypocercal adjective: having the lower lobe more pronounced or larger than the upper lobe.

Adjective

hypocercal (not comparable)

  1. having the lower lobe more pronounced or larger than the upper lobe

Origin of hypocercal

From hypo- + cercal.

Questions about hypocercal

What does hypocercal mean?
Hypocercal means having the lower lobe more pronounced or larger than the upper lobe.
What part of speech is hypocercal?
Hypocercal is an adjective.

Words near hypocercal in the dictionary

  1. hypocenter
  2. hypocenters
  3. hypocentral
  4. hypocentre
  5. hypocentres
  6. hypocercal
  7. hypocerebral
  8. hypochiasmatic
  9. hypochilid
  10. hypochilids
  11. hypochloraemia

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