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phialine

phialine adjective: shaped like a bowl or saucer.

Adjective

phialine (comparative more phialine, superlative most phialine)

  1. Shaped like a bowl or saucer.
    • The molecular phylogeny of Cibicides incldues a phialine lip near the aperature.

Forms of phialine

comparativemore phialine
superlativemost phialine

Questions about phialine

What does phialine mean?
Phialine means shaped like a bowl or saucer.
What part of speech is phialine?
Phialine is an adjective.

Words near phialine in the dictionary

  1. Phialia
  2. phialide
  3. phialides
  4. phialidic
  5. phialiform
  6. phialine
  7. phialing
  8. phialled
  9. phialling
  10. phialospore
  11. phialospores

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