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onomatophore

onomatophore noun: a specimen that serves to bear a taxonomic name, as a type.

Noun

onomatophore (plural onomatophores)

  1. A specimen that serves to bear a taxonomic name, as a type.

Forms of onomatophore

pluralonomatophores

Origin of onomatophore

From onomato- + -phore.

Questions about onomatophore

What does onomatophore mean?
Onomatophore means a specimen that serves to bear a taxonomic name, as a type.
What part of speech is onomatophore?
Onomatophore is a noun.
What is the plural of onomatophore?
The plural of onomatophore is onomatophores.

Words near onomatophore in the dictionary

  1. onomatopeia
  2. onomatopeias
  3. onomatopeic
  4. onomatopes
  5. onomatophobia
  6. onomatophore
  7. onomatophores
  8. onomatopies
  9. onomatopoeia
  10. onomatopoeiae
  11. onomatopoeial

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