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pilifers

pilifers is the plural of pilifer.

Meaning of pilifer

Noun

pilifer (plural pilifers)

  1. A bristly structure forming part of a hearing organ on the heads of hawkmoths of the subtribe Choerocampina, used in detecting the echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats.

Questions about pilifers

What is pilifers the plural of?
Pilifers is the plural of pilifer.

Words near pilifers in the dictionary

  1. pilidial
  2. pilidium
  3. pilids
  4. pilifer
  5. piliferous
  6. pilifers
  7. piliform
  8. piligerous
  9. pilikia
  10. Pililla
  11. pilimiction

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