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nepionic

nepionic adjective: immature.

Adjective

nepionic (comparative more nepionic, superlative most nepionic)

  1. immature
    • A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25

Forms of nepionic

comparativemore nepionic
superlativemost nepionic

Origin of nepionic

From Ancient Greek νήπιος (nḗpios, “infant”) -n- + -ic.

Questions about nepionic

What does nepionic mean?
Nepionic means immature.
What part of speech is nepionic?
Nepionic is an adjective.

Words near nepionic in the dictionary

  1. nephtyids
  2. nepicastat
  3. nepid
  4. nepids
  5. nepinalone
  6. nepionic
  7. nepiophile
  8. nepiophiles
  9. nepiophilia
  10. nepist
  11. nepit

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