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periplastronal

periplastronal adjective: surrounding a plastron.

Adjective

periplastronal (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a plastron
    • The landmark configuration included the shape of the periplastronal ambulacrals and paired petals.2016 February 6, “Ecophenotypic Variation and Developmental Instability in the Late Cretaceous Echinoid Micraster brevis (Irregularia; Spatangoida)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of periplastronal

From peri- + plastronal.

Questions about periplastronal

What does periplastronal mean?
Periplastronal means surrounding a plastron.
What part of speech is periplastronal?
Periplastronal is an adjective.

Words near periplastronal in the dictionary

  1. periplastid
  2. periplastidal
  3. periplastidial
  4. periplastidic
  5. periplasting
  6. periplastronal
  7. periplasts
  8. periplatform
  9. periplectic
  10. periplegmatic
  11. peripleural

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