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subcleithral

subcleithral adjective: beneath a cleithrum.

Adjective

subcleithral (not comparable)

  1. Beneath a cleithrum
    • As none of the ovicells were observed to be closed by the operculum, presumably because they were empty and the opercula were resting on the primary orifice rim, the ovicell closure type is subcleithral rather than cleithral [51 ], at least in some species of the genus.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subcleithral

From sub- + cleithral.

Questions about subcleithral

What does subcleithral mean?
Subcleithral means beneath a cleithrum.
What part of speech is subcleithral?
Subcleithral is an adjective.

Words near subcleithral in the dictionary

  1. subclavian veins
  2. subclavians
  3. subclavicular
  4. subclavii
  5. subclavius
  6. subcleithral
  7. subclerk
  8. subclerks
  9. subclerkship
  10. subclerkships
  11. subclimate

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