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spirurian

spirurian adjective: belonging to the nematode subclass Spiruria.

Adjective

spirurian (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the nematode subclass Spiruria.

Origin of spirurian

From translingual Spiruria + -an. By surface analysis, spir- + -ure (“tail”) + -ian.

Questions about spirurian

What does spirurian mean?
Spirurian means belonging to the nematode subclass Spiruria.
What part of speech is spirurian?
Spirurian is an adjective.

Words near spirurian in the dictionary

  1. spirulid
  2. spirulids
  3. spirulina
  4. spirulirostrid
  5. spirulirostrids
  6. spirurian
  7. spirurid
  8. spirurids
  9. spiruromorph
  10. spiruromorphs
  11. spiry

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