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penellipses

penellipses is the plural of penellipse.

Meaning of penellipse

Noun

penellipse (plural penellipses)

  1. in the caterpillar proleg, the figure formed when a part less than half of a uniserial circle of crochets is absent
    • The crochets on the prolegs of this species formed a mesal penellipse.

Questions about penellipses

What is penellipses the plural of?
Penellipses is the plural of penellipse.

Words near penellipses in the dictionary

  1. Peneian
  2. peneid
  3. peneids
  4. Penelakut
  5. penellipse
  6. penellipses
  7. Penelope
  8. Penelopean
  9. Penelopegate
  10. penelopine
  11. penelopise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penellipses (page history and authors); penellipse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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