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rimoportula

rimoportula noun: a lip-shaped structure in some diatoms.

Noun

rimoportula (plural rimoportulae)

  1. A lip-shaped structure in some diatoms
    • Many araphid diatoms have parallel striae and a distinct sternum; many araphid diatoms (and even some centric diatoms, particularly in the Biddulphiaceae and Eupodiscaceae) have apical pore fields; other small araphid pennates (such as Staurosira species) and centrics (Corethron and Leptocylindrus)...2015 October 15, “New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics with the Description of a New Genus and Three New Species”, in...

Forms of rimoportula

pluralrimoportulae

Questions about rimoportula

What does rimoportula mean?
Rimoportula means a lip-shaped structure in some diatoms.
What part of speech is rimoportula?
Rimoportula is a noun.
What is the plural of rimoportula?
The plural of rimoportula is rimoportulae.

Words near rimoportula in the dictionary

  1. rimmings
  2. RIMMs
  3. rimocanaliculate
  4. rimocidin
  5. rimonabant
  6. rimoportula
  7. rimoportulae
  8. rimose
  9. rimosely
  10. rimosities
  11. rimosity

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