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postpetioles

postpetioles is the plural of postpetiole.

Meaning of postpetiole

Noun

postpetiole (plural postpetioles)

  1. The second segment of the pedicel of some ants.
    • Moreover, the beetle uses a row of scrapers (placed on the proximal abdominal segment) (Fig 1, 1B3 and 1B4 ) rather than the single scraper (placed on the postpetiole, i.e. the third abdominal tergite) used by the ant (Fig 1, 1A3 and 1A4 ).2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about postpetioles

What is postpetioles the plural of?
Postpetioles is the plural of postpetiole.

Words near postpetioles in the dictionary

  1. postperovskites
  2. postperson
  3. postpersons
  4. postpetiolar
  5. postpetiole
  6. postpetioles
  7. postpetroleum
  8. postphagocytic
  9. postphagocytosis
  10. postpharaonic
  11. postpharyngeal

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