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stenoglossan

stenoglossan noun: any marine snail of the suborder Stenoglossa.

Noun

stenoglossan (plural stenoglossans)

  1. Any marine snail of the suborder Stenoglossa.
    • In addition to the more highly developed siphon, stenoglossans usually have only three radular teeth in each transverse row.1974, Alan Solem, The Shell Makers: Introducing Mollusks, page 107

Forms of stenoglossan

pluralstenoglossans

Questions about stenoglossan

What does stenoglossan mean?
Stenoglossan means any marine snail of the suborder Stenoglossa.
What part of speech is stenoglossan?
Stenoglossan is a noun.
What is the plural of stenoglossan?
The plural of stenoglossan is stenoglossans.

Words near stenoglossan in the dictionary

  1. stenog
  2. stenogamous
  3. stenogamy
  4. stenogastrine
  5. stenogastrines
  6. stenoglossan
  7. stenoglossans
  8. stenogram
  9. stenograms
  10. stenograph
  11. stenographed

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