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palintropes

palintropes is the plural of palintrope.

Meaning of palintrope

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

Questions about palintropes

What is palintropes the plural of?
Palintropes is the plural of palintrope.

Words near palintropes in the dictionary

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

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