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pleomere

pleomere noun: the abdominal somite of a crustacean.

Noun

pleomere (plural pleomeres)

  1. The abdominal somite of a crustacean
    • Concerning digestive system development in embryos and marsupial mancae, the following morphological features of ectodermal digestive tract formation have been reported: (i) the invaginated stomodeum is discernible and hindgut invagination is evident between pleomere 6 and telson in mid-stage...2015 July 30, Polona Mrak et al., “Formation of the hindgut cuticular lining during embryonic development of Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Forms of pleomere

pluralpleomeres

Questions about pleomere

What does pleomere mean?
Pleomere means the abdominal somite of a crustacean.
What part of speech is pleomere?
Pleomere is a noun.
What is the plural of pleomere?
The plural of pleomere is pleomeres.

Words near pleomere in the dictionary

  1. pleochromatic
  2. pleochromatism
  3. pleochromism
  4. pleocytosis
  5. pleomassariaceous
  6. pleomere
  7. pleomeres
  8. pleometrosis
  9. pleometrotic
  10. pleometrotically
  11. pleomorph

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