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siphonapterans

siphonapterans is the plural of siphonapteran.

Meaning of siphonapteran

Noun

siphonapteran (plural siphonapterans)

  1. Any species of the order Siphonaptera, a flea.
    • Absence of peripheral singlets, though with varying numbers of central singlets, is seen not only in mecopterans and siphonapterans but also in mycetophilid dipterans, and trichopterans.1987, Barrie Gillean Molyneux Jamieson, The Ultrastructure and Phylogeny of Insect Spermatozoa, page 206

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Questions about siphonapterans

What is siphonapterans the plural of?
Siphonapterans is the plural of siphonapteran.

Words near siphonapterans in the dictionary

  1. siphonages
  2. siphonal
  3. siphonalean
  4. siphonaleans
  5. siphonapteran
  6. siphonapterans
  7. siphonapterology
  8. siphonarian
  9. siphonarians
  10. siphonariid
  11. siphonariids

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