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pycnofibres

pycnofibres is the plural of pycnofibre.

Meaning of pycnofibre

Noun

pycnofibre (plural pycnofibres)

  1. Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs.
    • While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital.2012, A. J. Veldmeijer, Mark Witton, Ilja Nieuwland, Pterosaurs: Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs, Sidestone Press, page 119

Questions about pycnofibres

What is pycnofibres the plural of?
Pycnofibres is the plural of pycnofibre.

Words near pycnofibres in the dictionary

  1. pycnodysostosis
  2. pycnodysostotic
  3. pycnofiber
  4. pycnofibers
  5. pycnofibre
  6. pycnofibres
  7. pycnogenol
  8. pycnogenols
  9. pycnogonid
  10. pycnogonids
  11. pycnogonoid

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