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semaphoront

semaphoront noun: an organism as seen in a specific time during its ontogeny or life cycle, as the object of identification or basis for systematics.

Noun

semaphoront (plural semaphoronts)

  1. (rare) An organism as seen in a specific time during its ontogeny or life cycle, as the object of identification or basis for systematics.
    • […] coding such characters for taxonomic units based uniquely on immature specimens is believed to be misleading, because it cannot be excluded that the states expressed by the immature semaphoronts differ from those expressed by the mature semaphoronts of the same taxon.2024, Andea Cau, "A Unified Framework for Predatory Dinosaur Macroevolution", Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 63, page iii.

Forms of semaphoront

pluralsemaphoronts

Origin of semaphoront

From sema- + -phore + -ont.

Questions about semaphoront

What does semaphoront mean?
Semaphoront means an organism as seen in a specific time during its ontogeny or life cycle, as the object of identification or basis for systematics.
What part of speech is semaphoront?
Semaphoront is a noun.
What is the plural of semaphoront?
The plural of semaphoront is semaphoronts.

Words near semaphoront in the dictionary

  1. semaphorines
  2. semaphoring
  3. semaphorins
  4. semaphorist
  5. semaphorists
  6. semaphoront
  7. semaphoronts
  8. semaphyll
  9. semaphyllous
  10. semaphylls
  11. semapimod

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