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loxonematoid

loxonematoid adjective: resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema of extinct gastropods.

Adjective

loxonematoid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema of extinct gastropods.
    • Specimens minute, high-spired, loxonematoid shells with slightly sinuate transverse costae on ephebic whorls.1953, Journal of Paleontology, volume 27, page 698

Noun

loxonematoid (plural loxonematoids)

  1. Any gastropod resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema.

Forms of loxonematoid

pluralloxonematoids

Questions about loxonematoid

What does loxonematoid mean?
Loxonematoid means resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema of extinct gastropods.
What part of speech is loxonematoid?
Loxonematoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near loxonematoid in the dictionary

  1. loxodromy
  2. loxommatid
  3. loxommatids
  4. loxonematid
  5. loxonematids
  6. loxonematoid
  7. loxonematoids
  8. loxoprofen
  9. loxoribine
  10. loxoscelic
  11. loxoscelid

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