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semaphoronts

semaphoronts is the plural of semaphoront.

Meaning of semaphoront

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.

Questions about semaphoronts

What is semaphoronts the plural of?
Semaphoronts is the plural of semaphoront.

Words near semaphoronts in the dictionary

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

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