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quadriloculate

quadriloculate adjective: having four loculi.

Adjective

quadriloculate (not comparable)

  1. Having four loculi
    • MCO reniform, quadriloculate, with comparatively long arcing cone; walls of chambers variably thick; distal tube short, with comparatively thick walls; retractile filament variable in length.2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini)...

Origin of quadriloculate

From quadri- + loculate.

Questions about quadriloculate

What does quadriloculate mean?
Quadriloculate means having four loculi.
What part of speech is quadriloculate?
Quadriloculate is an adjective.

Words near quadriloculate in the dictionary

  1. quadrilobe
  2. quadrilobed
  3. quadrilobes
  4. quadrilobular
  5. quadrilocular
  6. quadriloculate
  7. quadriloculine
  8. quadrilogies
  9. quadrilogue
  10. quadrilogues
  11. quadrilogy

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