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sinupalliate

/ˌsaɪn(j)ʊˈpæli.eɪt/

sinupalliate adjective: in molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus.

Adjective

sinupalliate (comparative more sinupalliate, superlative most sinupalliate)

  1. In molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus.
    • At the same time the posterior gape of the valves would lead one to expect a sinupalliate character.1895, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Noun

sinupalliate (plural sinupalliates)

  1. A mollusc with an indented pallial line or sinus.
    • But even this new conception would not furnish the clew to the law of torsion as long as the hinge line is considered (as by Jackson) one radius of the angle of torsion; with Noetling's data a comparison of the valves of Nucula with any sinupalliate pelecypod valve shows, that though in both the...1903, The American Geologist, volume 31, page 35
    • Larger suspension feeders are also very abundant, such as the endobyssate bivalve Hoernesia with shell torsion and a thick umbo used as an anchor (McGHEE, 1978), as well as the deep-burrowing sinupalliate Pleuromya.2012, G. Einsele, Cyclic and Event Stratification, page 277

Forms of sinupalliate

Adjective
comparativemore sinupalliate
superlativemost sinupalliate
Noun
pluralsinupalliates

Questions about sinupalliate

What does sinupalliate mean?
Sinupalliate means in molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus.
What part of speech is sinupalliate?
Sinupalliate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sinupalliate?
Sinupalliate is pronounced /ˌsaɪn(j)ʊˈpæli.eɪt/.

Words near sinupalliate in the dictionary

  1. sinuous ballweed
  2. sinuously
  3. sinuousness
  4. sinuousnesses
  5. sinupallial
  6. sinupalliate
  7. sinupalliates
  8. sinuplasties
  9. sinuplasty
  10. sinus
  11. sinus brady

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