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porostele

porostele noun: a specialized column-like structure found in some millipedes, used to open ozopores.

Noun

porostele (plural porosteles)

  1. A specialized column-like structure found in some millipedes, used to open ozopores.

Forms of porostele

pluralporosteles

Origin of porostele

From poro- + -stele.

Questions about porostele

What does porostele mean?
Porostele means a specialized column-like structure found in some millipedes, used to open ozopores.
What part of speech is porostele?
Porostele is a noun.
What is the plural of porostele?
The plural of porostele is porosteles.

Words near porostele in the dictionary

  1. porosis
  2. porosities
  3. porosity
  4. porosome
  5. porosomes
  6. porostele
  7. porosteles
  8. porotaxic
  9. porotaxy
  10. porotic
  11. porotics

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