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pterocardiac

pterocardiac adjective: winglike and present in the cardiac stomach.

Adjective

pterocardiac (not comparable)

  1. winglike and present in the cardiac stomach
    • The calcein stain was retained over an annual cycle comprising multiple moults, demonstrating that pterocardiac ossicles retain chronological information.2015 August 27, “Direct Age Determination of a Subtropical Freshwater Crayfish (Redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus ) Using Ossicular Growth Marks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pterocardiac

From ptero- + cardiac.

Questions about pterocardiac

What does pterocardiac mean?
Pterocardiac means winglike and present in the cardiac stomach.
What part of speech is pterocardiac?
Pterocardiac is an adjective.

Words near pterocardiac in the dictionary

  1. pterippus
  2. ptero-
  3. pterobranch
  4. pterobranches
  5. pterobranchs
  6. pterocardiac
  7. pterocarpan
  8. pterocarpanoid
  9. pterocarpanoids
  10. pterocarpanquinone
  11. pterocarpanquinones

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