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prototrochal

prototrochal adjective: relating to a prototroch.

Adjective

prototrochal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a prototroch
    • It remains to be seen if this pattern of prototrochal innervation is well conserved since only a few neurotransmitter subtypes and their synaptic targets ( e.g., muscle cell versus ciliary band cell) have been examined in more than one species of annelid [ 57 ].2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI

Origin of prototrochal

From proto- + trochal.

Questions about prototrochal

What does prototrochal mean?
Prototrochal means relating to a prototroch.
What part of speech is prototrochal?
Prototrochal is an adjective.

Words near prototrochal in the dictionary

  1. prototoxins
  2. prototrace
  3. prototraces
  4. prototribestin
  5. prototroch
  6. prototrochal
  7. prototrochs
  8. prototroph
  9. prototrophic
  10. prototrophies
  11. prototrophism

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