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porefield

porefield noun: an area of pores, in the valve of a diatom, through which mucopolysaccharides extrude to make stalks and pads.

Noun

porefield (plural porefields)

  1. An area of pores, in the valve of a diatom, through which mucopolysaccharides extrude to make stalks and pads.

Forms of porefield

pluralporefields
alternative formpore field

Origin of porefield

From pore + field.

Questions about porefield

What does porefield mean?
Porefield means an area of pores, in the valve of a diatom, through which mucopolysaccharides extrude to make stalks and pads.
What part of speech is porefield?
Porefield is a noun.
What is the plural of porefield?
The plural of porefield is porefields.

Words near porefield in the dictionary

  1. poreblind
  2. Porebski
  3. Porebskis
  4. pored
  5. pored over
  6. porefield
  7. porefields
  8. poreless
  9. porelessness
  10. porelike
  11. porelliportulae

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