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phocomelus

phocomelus noun: phocomelia.

Noun

phocomelus (countable and uncountable, plural phocomeli)

  1. (dated, uncountable) Phocomelia.
  2. (countable) A person with phocomelia.
    • He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment.1964, Philip K. Dick, “Martian Time-Slip”, in Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s, Library of America, published 2008, page 41

Forms of phocomelus

pluralphocomeli

Origin of phocomelus

See phocomelia.

Questions about phocomelus

What does phocomelus mean?
Phocomelus means phocomelia.
What part of speech is phocomelus?
Phocomelus is a noun.
What is the plural of phocomelus?
The plural of phocomelus is phocomeli.

Words near phocomelus in the dictionary

  1. phocomeli
  2. phocomelia
  3. phocomelias
  4. phocomelic
  5. phocomelous
  6. phocomelus
  7. Phocæa
  8. Phocæan
  9. Phocæans
  10. phoebe
  11. Phoebean

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