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hypopygial

hypopygial adjective: relating to a hypopygium.

Adjective

hypopygial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a hypopygium
    • However, diagnostic characters might be unreliable due to intraspecific morphological variation even for this life stage and phenotypic plasticity [38 ] in morphometric ratios and hypopygial structures caused by different temperature regimes and food quality has been observed in several chironomid...2015 September 26, “Exploring Genetic Divergence in a Species-Rich Insect Genus Using 2790 DNA Barcodes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about hypopygial

What does hypopygial mean?
Hypopygial means relating to a hypopygium.
What part of speech is hypopygial?
Hypopygial is an adjective.

Words near hypopygial in the dictionary

  1. hypoptila
  2. hypoptilum
  3. hypoptychid
  4. hypoptychids
  5. hypopycnal
  6. hypopygial
  7. hypopygium
  8. hypopylarian
  9. hypopyon
  10. hypopyons
  11. hypopyrexia

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