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palintrope

palintrope noun: a part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.

Noun

palintrope (plural palintropes)

  1. A part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.
    • Many hinged genera have a flat or curved shelf, called the palintrope, between the beak and the hinge line. The ventral palintrope is divided at the middle by the delthyrium, a triangular opening for the pedicle.2010, John P. Rafferty, The Paleozoic Era: Diversification of Plant and Animal Life, page 71

Forms of palintrope

pluralpalintropes

Questions about palintrope

What does palintrope mean?
Palintrope means a part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.
What part of speech is palintrope?
Palintrope is a noun.
What is the plural of palintrope?
The plural of palintrope is palintropes.

Words near palintrope in the dictionary

  1. Palins
  2. palinspastic
  3. palinspastically
  4. Palinta
  5. palintocia
  6. palintrope
  7. palintropes
  8. palinurid
  9. palinurids
  10. palinuroid
  11. Palio di Siena

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