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myoglossatan

myoglossatan adjective: of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.

myoglossatan: of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths
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Adjective

myoglossatan (comparative more myoglossatan, superlative most myoglossatan)

  1. Of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.
    • Based on molecular data, Kristensen et al. (2015) contradicted the myoglossatan monophyly, in favour of the clade Acanthopteroctetidae + ...2022 June 27, Weiting Zhang, Chungkun Shih, Michael S. Engel, Dong Ren, Cretaceous lophocoronids with short proboscis and retractable female genitalia provide the earliest evidence for their feeding...
    • Other putative myoglossatan au- tapomorphies include the somewhat enlarged median mesonotal wing process, as well as the upwards bend of acrotergite I and ...1998, Teilband/Part 35 Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography

Forms of myoglossatan

comparativemore myoglossatan
superlativemost myoglossatan

Origin of myoglossatan

From translingual Myoglossata + -an.

Questions about myoglossatan

What does myoglossatan mean?
Myoglossatan means of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.
What part of speech is myoglossatan?
Myoglossatan is an adjective.

Words near myoglossatan in the dictionary

  1. myoglobinurias
  2. myoglobinuric
  3. myoglobulin
  4. myoglobulins
  5. myoglobulinuria
  6. myoglossatan
  7. myogram
  8. myograms
  9. myograph
  10. myographer
  11. myographers

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