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pycnophyids

pycnophyids is the plural of pycnophyid.

Meaning of pycnophyid

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

Questions about pycnophyids

What is pycnophyids the plural of?
Pycnophyids is the plural of pycnophyid.

Words near pycnophyids in the dictionary

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

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