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metacoxal

metacoxal adjective: relating to the metacoxa.

Adjective

metacoxal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the metacoxa.
    • Metasternum with narrow band of pubescence close to metepisterna, meso- and metacoxal cavities; remaining surface with very short and sparse setae, interspersed with some long setae; finely, sparsely punctate.2015 August 12, Maria Helena M. Galileo, Ubirajara R. Martins, Antonio Santos-Silva, “New species and new records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the state of Bahia, Brazil”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Origin of metacoxal

From metacoxa + -al.

Questions about metacoxal

What does metacoxal mean?
Metacoxal means relating to the metacoxa.
What part of speech is metacoxal?
Metacoxal is an adjective.

Words near metacoxal in the dictionary

  1. metacosm
  2. metacosmic
  3. metacosms
  4. metacoxa
  5. metacoxae
  6. metacoxal
  7. metacrap
  8. metacraton
  9. metacratonic
  10. metacratons
  11. metacrawler

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