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nymphochrysalides

nymphochrysalides is the plural of nymphochrysalis.

Meaning of nymphochrysalis

Noun

nymphochrysalis (plural nymphochrysalises or (rare) nymphochrysalides)

  1. Synonym of protonymph.
    • The protonymph (or nymphochrysalis) molts in the cuticula of the larva without hatching.2004, Arne R. Panesar, “Evolution in Water Mites (Hydrachnellae, Actinedidia, Acari)”, in Bonner zoologische Monographien, number 52, Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander...
    Synonyms:
    protonymph

Questions about nymphochrysalides

What is nymphochrysalides the plural of?
Nymphochrysalides is the plural of nymphochrysalis.

Words near nymphochrysalides in the dictionary

  1. nymphitis
  2. nymphlike
  3. nymphly
  4. nympho
  5. nympho-
  6. nymphochrysalides
  7. nymphochrysalis
  8. nymphochrysalises
  9. nymphoes
  10. nymphoid
  11. nymphoids

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