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paracephalodium

paracephalodium noun: a mat of hyphae covering cyanobacteria, originating from a squamulose lichen with a green algal photobiont.

Noun

paracephalodium (plural paracephalodia)

  1. A mat of hyphae covering cyanobacteria, originating from a squamulose lichen with a green algal photobiont.

Forms of paracephalodium

pluralparacephalodia

Origin of paracephalodium

para- + cephalodium. Introduced by Josef Poelt and Helmut Mayrhofer in 1988.

Questions about paracephalodium

What does paracephalodium mean?
Paracephalodium means a mat of hyphae covering cyanobacteria, originating from a squamulose lichen with a green algal photobiont.
What part of speech is paracephalodium?
Paracephalodium is a noun.
What is the plural of paracephalodium?
The plural of paracephalodium is paracephalodia.

Words near paracephalodium in the dictionary

  1. paracentrical
  2. paracentrics
  3. paracentromeric
  4. paracentrone
  5. paracephalodia
  6. paracephalodium
  7. paracerathere
  8. paraceratheres
  9. paracerebellar
  10. paracerebral
  11. paracervical

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