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meristic

meristic adjective: relating to meristics.

Adjective

meristic (comparative more meristic, superlative most meristic)

  1. Relating to meristics.
  2. Relating to the meristem.
  3. Relating to merisis.

Noun

meristic (plural meristics)

  1. A quantitative property of a fish, as studied in meristics.

Antonyms of meristic

Forms of meristic

Adjective
comparativemore meristic
superlativemost meristic
Noun
pluralmeristics

Origin of meristic

Back-formation from meristics.

Words formed from meristic

Questions about meristic

What does meristic mean?
Meristic means relating to meristics.
What part of speech is meristic?
Meristic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near meristic in the dictionary

  1. meristemless
  2. meristemoid
  3. meristemoidal
  4. meristemoids
  5. meristems
  6. meristic
  7. meristically
  8. meristics
  9. meristoderm
  10. meristoderms
  11. meristogenetic

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