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lophocercous

lophocercous adjective: having a tail structure with lateral lobes or extensions.

Adjective

lophocercous (not comparable)

  1. Having a tail structure with lateral lobes or extensions.
    • A first sporocyst generation and two reiae generations are then developed, and, finally, there erupt from the snail characteristic lophocercous (i.e., keeled) cercaria (Fig. 173) , with pigmented eye-spots, abundant penetration glands and a distinctive anterior end, having an antero-ventral mouth...1943, Charles Franklin Craig, Ernest Carroll Faust, Clinical Parasitology, page 398
    Synonyms:
    lophocercal

Synonyms of lophocercous

Origin of lophocercous

From lopho- + -cercous.

Questions about lophocercous

What does lophocercous mean?
Lophocercous means having a tail structure with lateral lobes or extensions.
What part of speech is lophocercous?
Lophocercous is an adjective.

Words near lophocercous in the dictionary

  1. lopho-
  2. lophobranch
  3. lophobranchiate
  4. lophobranchs
  5. lophocercal
  6. lophocercous
  7. lophocereine
  8. lophocerine
  9. lophocoronid
  10. lophocoronids
  11. lophocratian

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