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quincunxially

quincunxially adverb: in a quincunxial fashion.

Adverb

quincunxially (not comparable)

  1. In a quincunxial fashion.
    • Overtonia, type species Producta fimbriata Sowerby, 1824, is characterized externally by broad, regularly spaced concentric wrinkles, bearing elongate spine ridges on the ventral valve and quincunxially arranged erect spines on the dorsal valve […]1996, Patricia Elizabeth Rasmussen, Trace metals in the environment: a geological perspective

Origin of quincunxially

From quincunxial + -ly.

Questions about quincunxially

What does quincunxially mean?
Quincunxially means in a quincunxial fashion.
What part of speech is quincunxially?
Quincunxially is an adverb.

Words near quincunxially in the dictionary

  1. quincuncial
  2. quincuncially
  3. quincunx
  4. quincunxes
  5. quincunxial
  6. quincunxially
  7. quincuple
  8. quincuplex
  9. Quincy
  10. Quinde
  11. quindec-

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