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rhopalocercous

rhopalocercous adjective: having a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.

Adjective

rhopalocercous (not comparable)

  1. Having a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.
    • Although the number of pesterior dorsal papillae has never been noted in any rhopalocercous species to vary by more than one, those of the posterior ventral survace in C. catatonki […]1971, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Origin of rhopalocercous

From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”) + -cercous.

Questions about rhopalocercous

What does rhopalocercous mean?
Rhopalocercous means having a series of fleshy lobes or filaments.
What part of speech is rhopalocercous?
Rhopalocercous is an adjective.

Words near rhopalocercous in the dictionary

  1. rhopalid
  2. rhopalids
  3. rhopalism
  4. rhopalium
  5. rhopaloceral
  6. rhopalocercous
  7. rhopalocerous
  8. rhopaloid
  9. rhopaloids
  10. rhopaloneme
  11. rhopalonemes

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