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proxistele

proxistele noun: the proximal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.

Noun

proxistele (plural proxisteles)

  1. The proximal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
    • The proxistele is not fundamentally tetramerous and there is little evidence of rotation.1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...

Forms of proxistele

pluralproxisteles

Questions about proxistele

What does proxistele mean?
Proxistele means the proximal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
What part of speech is proxistele?
Proxistele is a noun.
What is the plural of proxistele?
The plural of proxistele is proxisteles.

Words near proxistele in the dictionary

  1. proximoposteriorly
  2. proximoventral
  3. proximoventrally
  4. proxiredoxin
  5. proxisome
  6. proxistele
  7. proxisteles
  8. Proxmire
  9. Proxmired
  10. proxorphan
  11. proxy

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