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hypopleurites

hypopleurites is the plural of hypopleurite.

Meaning of hypopleurite

Noun

hypopleurite (plural hypopleurites)

  1. (rare) The lower plate of a divided pleuron.
    • The only external distinction from Pyrtaula which I have been able to discover is the absence of minute hairs on the hypopleurite, but it is doubtful if even this is constant.1929, F W Edwards, Notes on the Ceroplatinae, with descriptions of new Australian species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), page n7

Questions about hypopleurites

What is hypopleurites the plural of?
Hypopleurites is the plural of hypopleurite.

Words near hypopleurites in the dictionary

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

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