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repagulum

repagulum noun: a modified abortive egg that may be used to protect the other eggs from predation.

Noun

repagulum (plural repagula)

  1. A modified abortive egg that may be used to protect the other eggs from predation.

Forms of repagulum

pluralrepagula

Origin of repagulum

Borrowed from Latin repagulum (“bolt, bar, restraint”).

Questions about repagulum

What does repagulum mean?
Repagulum means a modified abortive egg that may be used to protect the other eggs from predation.
What part of speech is repagulum?
Repagulum is a noun.
What is the plural of repagulum?
The plural of repagulum is repagula.

Words near repagulum in the dictionary

  1. repaginating
  2. repagination
  3. repaginations
  4. repaglinide
  5. repagula
  6. repagulum
  7. repaid
  8. repaint
  9. repaintable
  10. repainted
  11. repainter

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