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ptychonomous

ptychonomous adjective: having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.).

Adjective

ptychonomous (comparative more ptychonomous, superlative most ptychonomous)

  1. (rare) Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.)
    • Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.1963, Insecta matsumurana, page 7
    • [...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]1980, M Doğanlar, A Mutuura, A new species of Phyllonorycter Hbn. (=Lithocolletis Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae [sic]) from western North America.

Forms of ptychonomous

comparativemore ptychonomous
superlativemost ptychonomous

Questions about ptychonomous

What does ptychonomous mean?
Ptychonomous means having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.).
What part of speech is ptychonomous?
Ptychonomous is an adjective.

Words near ptychonomous in the dictionary

  1. ptychographic
  2. ptychographical
  3. ptychography
  4. ptychonome
  5. ptychonomes
  6. ptychonomous
  7. ptychopariid
  8. ptychopariids
  9. ptychopterid
  10. ptychopterids
  11. ptyctodont

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