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postembryos

postembryos is the plural of postembryo.

Meaning of postembryo

Noun

postembryo (plural postembryos)

  1. A newly-hatched arachnid.
    • The postembryos of most species exhibit long periods of immobility interrupted at lengthy intervals by feeble contractions of the legs and rudimentary mouthparts.2013, Fred Punzo, Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations

Questions about postembryos

What is postembryos the plural of?
Postembryos is the plural of postembryo.

Words near postembryos in the dictionary

  1. postembryogenesis
  2. postembryogenic
  3. postembryonal
  4. postembryonic
  5. postembryonically
  6. postembryos
  7. postemergence
  8. postemergency
  9. postemigration
  10. postempiricism
  11. postempiricist

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