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hypopleural

hypopleural adjective: of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.

Adjective

hypopleural (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.
    • The key does not include any species without hypopleural bristles.1926, John Merton Aldrich, “Notes on Muscoid Flies with Retracted Hind Crossvein, with Key and Several New Genera and Species”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 52...

Origin of hypopleural

From hypopleuron + -al.

Questions about hypopleural

What does hypopleural mean?
Hypopleural means of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.
What part of speech is hypopleural?
Hypopleural is an adjective.

Words near hypopleural in the dictionary

  1. hypoplastral
  2. hypoplastron
  3. hypoplastrons
  4. hypoplasty
  5. hypopleura
  6. hypopleural
  7. hypopleurite
  8. hypopleurites
  9. hypopleuron
  10. hypoploid
  11. hypoploidies

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