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pereonite

pereonite noun: any of the segments of the pereon.

Noun

pereonite (plural pereonites)

  1. Any of the segments of the pereon.
    • Head and pereonite 1 fused, suture present.2015 August 13, Soon-Sang Hong, Jun-Haeng Heo, Young-Hyo Kim, “A new species of Monoliropus Mayer, 1903 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) from Korean waters”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Forms of pereonite

pluralpereonites

Origin of pereonite

From pereon + -ite.

Questions about pereonite

What does pereonite mean?
Pereonite means any of the segments of the pereon.
What part of speech is pereonite?
Pereonite is a noun.
What is the plural of pereonite?
The plural of pereonite is pereonites.

Words near pereonite in the dictionary

  1. perennity
  2. perentie
  3. perenties
  4. perenty
  5. pereon
  6. pereonite
  7. pereonites
  8. pereopod
  9. pereopodal
  10. pereopods
  11. pereq

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