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lophophorate

lophophorate adjective: having a lophophore.

Adjective

lophophorate (not comparable)

  1. Having a lophophore.

Noun

lophophorate (plural lophophorates)

  1. A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals.
    • The presence of a lophophore, combined with other features including a U-shaped gut, means that hyoliths are also lophophorates, and not molluscs.2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian

Forms of lophophorate

plurallophophorates

Origin of lophophorate

From lophophore + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From a substantivation of the above adjective through the associated clade's name. Equivalent to lophophore + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about lophophorate

What does lophophorate mean?
Lophophorate means having a lophophore.
What part of speech is lophophorate?
Lophophorate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lophophorate in the dictionary

  1. lophogastrids
  2. lophomonad
  3. lophomonads
  4. lophophine
  5. lophophoral
  6. lophophorate
  7. lophophorates
  8. lophophore
  9. lophophores
  10. lophophyllid
  11. lophophylloid

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