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macroconchs

macroconchs is the plural of macroconch.

Meaning of macroconch

Noun

macroconch (plural macroconchs or macroconches)

  1. The female form of an ammonite (that has a larger shell than the male (the microconch).
    • Initially, the apophysis follows the coiling of the shell but it projects ventrolaterally during the final ontogenetic stage of macroconch development.2016 January 14, “Paleobiology of the Latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) Ammonite Salinites grossicostatum Inferred from Internal and External Shell Parameters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about macroconchs

What is macroconchs the plural of?
Macroconchs is the plural of macroconch.

Words near macroconchs in the dictionary

  1. macrocompositions
  2. macrocomputer
  3. macrocomputers
  4. macroconch
  5. macroconches
  6. macroconchs
  7. macrocondensation
  8. macrocondensations
  9. macrocondition
  10. macroconditions
  11. macroconfocal

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