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prolatocanaliculate

prolatocanaliculate adjective: having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.

Adjective

prolatocanaliculate (not comparable)

  1. Having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.

Questions about prolatocanaliculate

What does prolatocanaliculate mean?
Prolatocanaliculate means having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.
What part of speech is prolatocanaliculate?
Prolatocanaliculate is an adjective.

Words near prolatocanaliculate in the dictionary

  1. prolative
  2. prolative case
  3. prolative cases
  4. prolatively
  5. prolatives
  6. prolatocanaliculate
  7. prole
  8. proleague
  9. proleaguer
  10. proleaguers
  11. proled

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