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spiraculate

spiraculate is the alternative form of spiracular.

Meaning of spiracular

Adjective

spiracular (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, of having spiracles
    • Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse...1906, Records of the Albany Museum - Volume 1, page 314

Questions about spiraculate

What is spiraculate the alternative form of?
Spiraculate is the alternative form of spiracular.

Words near spiraculate in the dictionary

  1. spirable
  2. spiracle
  3. spiracles
  4. spiracula
  5. spiracular
  6. spiraculate
  7. spiraculiferous
  8. spiraculiform
  9. spiraculum
  10. spiradenoma
  11. spiradenomas

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