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pleurothetic

pleurothetic adjective: of or pertaining to pleurothetism.

Adjective

pleurothetic (comparative more pleurothetic, superlative most pleurothetic)

  1. Of or pertaining to pleurothetism.
    • The Dimyidae are a pleurothetic superfamily of molluscs.

Forms of pleurothetic

comparativemore pleurothetic
superlativemost pleurothetic

Origin of pleurothetic

By surface analysis, pleuro- + -thetic. (Second element from Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”).)

Questions about pleurothetic

What does pleurothetic mean?
Pleurothetic means of or pertaining to pleurothetism.
What part of speech is pleurothetic?
Pleurothetic is an adjective.

Words near pleurothetic in the dictionary

  1. pleurostyles
  2. pleurotergite
  3. pleurotergites
  4. pleurothallid
  5. pleurothallids
  6. pleurothetic
  7. pleurothetism
  8. pleurotho-
  9. pleurothotonos
  10. pleurothotonus
  11. pleurotoid

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