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microdetritus

microdetritus noun: microscopic detritus.

Noun

microdetritus (uncountable)

  1. microscopic detritus
    • Considering Olsson’s (1940) statement about the frequent occurrence of carbonate lenses with the Pleurophopsis fauna in the Sinú River basin mentioned above, this could possibly refer to Mata de Caña, about 20 km S of Lorica in the Department Córdoba, along the Sinú River, at 9°04’30” N...2015 October 16, “Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microdetritus

From micro- + detritus.

Questions about microdetritus

What does microdetritus mean?
Microdetritus means microscopic detritus.
What part of speech is microdetritus?
Microdetritus is a noun.

Words near microdetritus in the dictionary

  1. microdetector
  2. microdetectors
  3. microdetermination
  4. microdetonator
  5. microdetonators
  6. microdetritus
  7. microdevice
  8. microdevices
  9. microdialect
  10. microdialects
  11. microdialysate

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