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rhopaloids

rhopaloids is the plural of rhopaloid.

Meaning of rhopaloid

Noun

rhopaloid (plural rhopaloids)

  1. A rhopaloid shaft or tentacle.
    • The principal tentacular nematocysts are homotrichous microbasic rhopaloids, the capsule averaging 25–26μ long by 15–18μ across.1967, Australian Journal of Zoology, page 664

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Questions about rhopaloids

What is rhopaloids the plural of?
Rhopaloids is the plural of rhopaloid.

Words near rhopaloids in the dictionary

  1. rhopalium
  2. rhopaloceral
  3. rhopalocercous
  4. rhopalocerous
  5. rhopaloid
  6. rhopaloids
  7. rhopaloneme
  8. rhopalonemes
  9. rhopalosiphine
  10. rhopalosiphines
  11. rhopalosomatid

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