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protoma

protoma is the alternative form of protome.

Meaning of protome

Noun

protome (plural protomes)

  1. A decorative element, on ancient artefacts, based on the head of an animal or bust of a person.

Forms of protoma

pluralprotomas

Questions about protoma

What is protoma the alternative form of?
Protoma is the alternative form of protome.

Words near protoma in the dictionary

  1. protolytic
  2. protolyze
  3. protolyzed
  4. protolyzes
  5. protolyzing
  6. protoma
  7. protomammal
  8. protomammalian
  9. protomammals
  10. protomars
  11. protomartyr

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protoma (page history and authors); protome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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