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surstyli

surstyli is the plural of surstylus.

Meaning of surstylus

Noun

surstylus (plural surstyli)

  1. The ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies
    • Legend: ah, aedeagal hood; ce, cercus; sa, surstylar apodeme; sl, superior lobe; su, surstylus.2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about surstyli

What is surstyli the plural of?
Surstyli is the plural of surstylus.

Words near surstyli in the dictionary

  1. sursize
  2. sursolid
  3. sursolids
  4. surströmming
  5. surstylar
  6. surstyli
  7. surstylus
  8. sursum corda
  9. sursum cordas
  10. sursum-
  11. sursumduct

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