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pycnophyid

pycnophyid noun: any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.

Noun

pycnophyid (plural pycnophyids)

  1. Any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.
    • This arrangement is less conspicuous in species of Dracoderes (Fig 5C), although the short but wide placids, with cuticular foldings in between are still arranged in a pattern that is much closer to the arrangement in the pycnophyid and neocentrophyid species.2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of pycnophyid

pluralpycnophyids

Questions about pycnophyid

What does pycnophyid mean?
Pycnophyid means any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.
What part of speech is pycnophyid?
Pycnophyid is a noun.
What is the plural of pycnophyid?
The plural of pycnophyid is pycnophyids.

Words near pycnophyid in the dictionary

  1. pycnon
  2. pycnonotic
  3. pycnonotid
  4. pycnonotids
  5. pycnonuclear
  6. pycnophyid
  7. pycnophyids
  8. pycnophylactic
  9. pycnopodioside
  10. pycnoses
  11. pycnosis

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