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libristomate

libristomate adjective: of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.

Adjective

libristomate (not comparable)

  1. Of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.
    • Thus, Fortey later began grouping natant trilobites and their offspring as libristomate to designate the non-attached, or formerly detached, nature of their hypostomes.2009, George P. Hansen, Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain, page 144

Questions about libristomate

What does libristomate mean?
Libristomate means of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.
What part of speech is libristomate?
Libristomate is an adjective.

Words near libristomate in the dictionary

  1. libries
  2. libriform
  3. librigena
  4. librigenae
  5. librigenal
  6. libristomate
  7. Librium
  8. Librizzi
  9. Librizzis
  10. libro-
  11. librocubicularist

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