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pseudopore

pseudopore noun: a structure that resembles a pore but is not a true pore.

Noun

pseudopore (plural pseudopores)

  1. A structure that resembles a pore but is not a true pore.
    • Autozooids with cryptocystidean frontal shield, perforated by a highly variable number of small pseudopores, from very numerous to extremely reduced or almost absent, plus a row of peripheral areolar pores. […] Ovicell hyperstomial, globular but distinctly flattened frontally, about as wide as...2015 October 22, Oscar Reverter-Gil, Björn Berning, Javier Souto, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI...

Forms of pseudopore

pluralpseudopores

Origin of pseudopore

From pseudo- + pore.

Questions about pseudopore

What does pseudopore mean?
Pseudopore means a structure that resembles a pore but is not a true pore.
What part of speech is pseudopore?
Pseudopore is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudopore?
The plural of pseudopore is pseudopores.

Words near pseudopore in the dictionary

  1. pseudopopulation
  2. pseudopopulations
  3. pseudopopulism
  4. pseudopopulist
  5. pseudoporate
  6. pseudopore
  7. pseudopores
  8. pseudopornographic
  9. pseudoporous
  10. pseudoporphyria
  11. pseudopotential

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