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rapheless

rapheless adjective: describing the valve of a monoraphid diatom that does not have a raphe.

Adjective

rapheless (not comparable)

  1. Describing the valve of a monoraphid diatom that does not have a raphe

Origin of rapheless

From raphe + -less.

Questions about rapheless

What does rapheless mean?
Rapheless means describing the valve of a monoraphid diatom that does not have a raphe.
What part of speech is rapheless?
Rapheless is an adjective.

Words near rapheless in the dictionary

  1. raphanoid
  2. raphe
  3. raphe pallidus
  4. raphead
  5. rapheads
  6. rapheless
  7. raphes
  8. raphespinal
  9. raphia
  10. raphias
  11. raphid

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