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opephoroid

opephoroid adjective: relating to or characteristic of diatoms of the genus Opephora.

Adjective

opephoroid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of diatoms of the genus Opephora.
    • Valves in natural populations usually linear to lanceolate elongate with obtusely rounded apices, in culture rather linear elongate, sometimes opephoroid, with broadly rounded head pole and acutely rounded footpole, 6.5–13.3 (in culture), up to 18.9 (in natural population) μm long, 3–4.3 μm in...2015 October 15, “New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics with the Description of a New Genus and Three New Species”, in...

Origin of opephoroid

Opephora + -oid

Questions about opephoroid

What does opephoroid mean?
Opephoroid means relating to or characteristic of diatoms of the genus Opephora.
What part of speech is opephoroid?
Opephoroid is an adjective.

Words near opephoroid in the dictionary

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