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stylectomy

stylectomy noun: excision of a stylet (typically that of an aphid).

Noun

stylectomy (plural stylectomies)

  1. excision of a stylet (typically that of an aphid)

Forms of stylectomy

pluralstylectomies

Questions about stylectomy

What does stylectomy mean?
Stylectomy means excision of a stylet (typically that of an aphid).
What part of speech is stylectomy?
Stylectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of stylectomy?
The plural of stylectomy is stylectomies.

Words near stylectomy in the dictionary

  1. style-table
  2. styleable
  3. stylebook
  4. stylebooks
  5. stylectomies
  6. stylectomy
  7. styled
  8. styled it out
  9. styled up
  10. styledom
  11. stylee

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