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pterygiophores

pterygiophores is the plural of pterygiophore.

Meaning of pterygiophore

Noun

pterygiophore (plural pterygiophores)

  1. (marine biology) Any of the bones in a fish that support the dorsal fin. There are two to three of them: proximal, middle, and distal. In spinous fins the distal is often fused to the middle or not present at all.

Questions about pterygiophores

What is pterygiophores the plural of?
Pterygiophores is the plural of pterygiophore.

Words near pterygiophores in the dictionary

  1. pteryg-
  2. pterygia
  3. pterygial
  4. pterygiate
  5. pterygiophore
  6. pterygiophores
  7. pterygium
  8. pterygiums
  9. pterygo-
  10. pterygocranial
  11. pterygoid

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