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pinacoderm

pinacoderm noun: the outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.

Noun

pinacoderm (plural pinacoderms)

  1. The outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.

Forms of pinacoderm

pluralpinacoderms

Origin of pinacoderm

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet, dish, plank”) + -derm.

Words formed from pinacoderm

Questions about pinacoderm

What does pinacoderm mean?
Pinacoderm means the outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.
What part of speech is pinacoderm?
Pinacoderm is a noun.
What is the plural of pinacoderm?
The plural of pinacoderm is pinacoderms.

Words near pinacoderm in the dictionary

  1. pinacles
  2. pinacocytal
  3. pinacocyte
  4. pinacocytes
  5. pinacocytic
  6. pinacoderm
  7. pinacodermal
  8. pinacoderms
  9. pinacoid
  10. pinacoidal
  11. pinacoids

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