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spiroloculine

spiroloculine adjective: having chambers arranged spirally; used especially of a foraminiferan shell.

Adjective

spiroloculine (comparative more spiroloculine, superlative most spiroloculine)

  1. Having chambers arranged spirally; used especially of a foraminiferan shell.

Forms of spiroloculine

comparativemore spiroloculine
superlativemost spiroloculine

Origin of spiroloculine

From spiro- + loculus (“chamber”) + -ine.

Questions about spiroloculine

What does spiroloculine mean?
Spiroloculine means having chambers arranged spirally; used especially of a foraminiferan shell.
What part of speech is spiroloculine?
Spiroloculine is an adjective.

Words near spiroloculine in the dictionary

  1. spirolide
  2. spirolides
  3. spiroligomer
  4. spiroligomers
  5. spirolobous
  6. spiroloculine
  7. spiromesifen
  8. spirometer
  9. spirometers
  10. spirometo-series
  11. spirometre

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