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prophylloid

prophylloid adjective: resembling a prophyll.

Adjective

prophylloid (comparative more prophylloid, superlative most prophylloid)

  1. Resembling a prophyll.

Forms of prophylloid

comparativemore prophylloid
superlativemost prophylloid

Origin of prophylloid

prophyll + -oid

Questions about prophylloid

What does prophylloid mean?
Prophylloid means resembling a prophyll.
What part of speech is prophylloid?
Prophylloid is an adjective.

Words near prophylloid in the dictionary

  1. prophylaxis
  2. prophylaxy
  3. prophyll
  4. prophylla
  5. prophyllate
  6. prophylloid
  7. prophylls
  8. prophyllum
  9. prophyrin
  10. prophyses
  11. prophysis

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