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monoschizotomous

monoschizotomous adjective: furcating from a single point.

Adjective

monoschizotomous

  1. Furcating from a single point.
    • ... (one of which was inked in by Buckman and shows in his photograph, giving an erroneous impression of quadrifurcation). The furcation is monoschizotomous and very regular.1939, Publication
    • Monoschizotomous, i.e. ribs bifurcating from one point. The following are distinguished according to the differentiation of the sutural lobe : (a) Stephanoceratidae with a suspensive ('hanging') sutural lobe; (b)[…]1983 June 2, Ulrich Lehmann, G. Hillmer, Fossil Invertebrates, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 164

Questions about monoschizotomous

What does monoschizotomous mean?
Monoschizotomous means furcating from a single point.
What part of speech is monoschizotomous?
Monoschizotomous is an adjective.

Words near monoschizotomous in the dictionary

  1. monosaturation
  2. monoscene
  3. monoscenes
  4. monoscenic
  5. monoscenically
  6. monoschizotomous
  7. monoscope
  8. monoscopes
  9. monoscopic
  10. monoscopically
  11. monoscopy

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