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merocyclic

merocyclic adjective: of or relating to merocyclism.

Adjective

merocyclic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to merocyclism.
    • A suggested merocyclic condition of single macropleural segments alternating with two normal segments in the anterior portion of these trilobites is evidence for considering the olenellid cephalon to be composed of at least eight primary dorsal segments.1957, Alison R. Palmer, “Ontogenetic Development of Two Olenellid Trilobites”, in Journal of Paleontology, volume 31, number 1, page 105

Questions about merocyclic

What does merocyclic mean?
Merocyclic means of or relating to merocyclism.
What part of speech is merocyclic?
Merocyclic is an adjective.

Words near merocyclic in the dictionary

  1. meroclones
  2. merocracy
  3. merocrine
  4. merocyanine
  5. merocyanines
  6. merocyclic
  7. merocyclism
  8. merocyte
  9. merocytes
  10. merocytic
  11. Merodach

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