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protelean

protelean adjective: describes an organism that begins as a parasite but emerges as a free-living adult.

Adjective

protelean (not comparable)

  1. Describes an organism that begins as a parasite but emerges as a free-living adult

Questions about protelean

What does protelean mean?
Protelean means describes an organism that begins as a parasite but emerges as a free-living adult.
What part of speech is protelean?
Protelean is an adjective.

Words near protelean in the dictionary

  1. proteins
  2. proteinurea
  3. proteinuria
  4. proteinurias
  5. proteinuric
  6. protelean
  7. protelid
  8. protelids
  9. protelomerase
  10. protelomerases
  11. protemperance

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