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nucleomorph

nucleomorph noun: a small vestigial eukaryotic nucleus found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids.

Noun

nucleomorph (plural nucleomorphs)

  1. A small vestigial eukaryotic nucleus found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids.

Forms of nucleomorph

pluralnucleomorphs

Origin of nucleomorph

From nucleo- + -morph.

Questions about nucleomorph

What does nucleomorph mean?
Nucleomorph means a small vestigial eukaryotic nucleus found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids.
What part of speech is nucleomorph?
Nucleomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of nucleomorph?
The plural of nucleomorph is nucleomorphs.

Words near nucleomorph in the dictionary

  1. nucleometallations
  2. nucleomitophobia
  3. nucleomituphobia
  4. nucleomodulin
  5. nucleomodulins
  6. nucleomorph
  7. nucleomorphs
  8. nucleon
  9. nucleon number
  10. nucleon numbers
  11. nucleone

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