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meraspis

meraspis noun: a stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.

Noun

meraspis (plural meraspides)

  1. A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.

Forms of meraspis

pluralmeraspides

Questions about meraspis

What does meraspis mean?
Meraspis means a stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.
What part of speech is meraspis?
Meraspis is a noun.
What is the plural of meraspis?
The plural of meraspis is meraspides.

Words near meraspis in the dictionary

  1. Merarite
  2. Merarites
  3. Merasheen Island
  4. meraspid
  5. meraspides
  6. meraspis
  7. merate
  8. merates
  9. Merav
  10. merawan
  11. Meraz

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