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scolecoid

scolecoid adjective: resembling a scolex.

Adjective

scolecoid (comparative more scolecoid, superlative most scolecoid)

  1. Resembling a scolex.

Forms of scolecoid

comparativemore scolecoid
superlativemost scolecoid

Origin of scolecoid

From scolex + -oid.

Questions about scolecoid

What does scolecoid mean?
Scolecoid means resembling a scolex.
What part of speech is scolecoid?
Scolecoid is an adjective.

Words near scolecoid in the dictionary

  1. scoleciphobia
  2. scolecite
  3. scolecites
  4. scolecodont
  5. scolecodonts
  6. scolecoid
  7. scolecology
  8. scolecomorphid
  9. scolecomorphids
  10. scolecophagous
  11. scolecophidian

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