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hypostomial

hypostomial adjective: of or pertaining to the hypostome.

Adjective

hypostomial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the hypostome.
    • […] typically there is a transverse row of nine conical teeth in which the outside pair and the middle tooth are prominent, but mature larvae of Simulium neavei group have 13 hypostomial teeth of about equal size, and in Gymnopais the teeth are flat and chisel-like in association with loss of...2012, R.P. Lane, Medical Insects and Arachnids, page 245
    Synonyms:
    hypostomal

Synonyms of hypostomial

Questions about hypostomial

What does hypostomial mean?
Hypostomial means of or pertaining to the hypostome.
What part of speech is hypostomial?
Hypostomial is an adjective.

Words near hypostomial in the dictionary

  1. hypostomata
  2. hypostomatic
  3. hypostomatous
  4. hypostome
  5. hypostomes
  6. hypostomial
  7. hypostomium
  8. hypostratotype
  9. hypostratotypes
  10. hypostress
  11. hypostria

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