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macrospinous

macrospinous adjective: having large spines.

Adjective

macrospinous (comparative more macrospinous, superlative most macrospinous)

  1. Having large spines.

Forms of macrospinous

comparativemore macrospinous
superlativemost macrospinous

Origin of macrospinous

From macro- + spinous.

Questions about macrospinous

What does macrospinous mean?
Macrospinous means having large spines.
What part of speech is macrospinous?
Macrospinous is an adjective.

Words near macrospinous in the dictionary

  1. macrospheric
  2. macrospherical
  3. macrospicule
  4. macrospicules
  5. macrospin
  6. macrospinous
  7. macrospins
  8. macrosplanchnic
  9. macrosporange
  10. macrosporanges
  11. macrosporangia

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