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reteporiform

reteporiform adjective: forming colonies that are erect and fenestrate.

Adjective

reteporiform (not comparable)

  1. Forming colonies that are erect and fenestrate.
    • Tubuliporidæ in which the zoarium is erect and foliaceous. (These may be simple fronds; or may be split up into multifid segments; or may grow into hemispherical masses by the crumpling of the fronds; or may be cylindrical or reteporiform.)1896, John W. Gregory, Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum, page 117
    • The cellariiform and reteporiform types are most dominant in a number of species and individuals.1974, Tōhoku Daigaku, Science Reports: (Geology). Second series (volumes 45-46, page 95)

Questions about reteporiform

What does reteporiform mean?
Reteporiform means forming colonies that are erect and fenestrate.
What part of speech is reteporiform?
Reteporiform is an adjective.

Words near reteporiform in the dictionary

  1. reteplase
  2. retepore
  3. retepores
  4. reteporid
  5. reteporids
  6. reteporiform
  7. reterminate
  8. reterminated
  9. reterminates
  10. reterminating
  11. retermination

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