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surstylus

surstylus noun: the ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies.

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

Forms of surstylus

pluralsurstyli

Origin of surstylus

From sur- + stylus.

Words formed from surstylus

Questions about surstylus

What does surstylus mean?
Surstylus means the ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies.
What part of speech is surstylus?
Surstylus is a noun.
What is the plural of surstylus?
The plural of surstylus is surstyli.

Words near surstylus in the dictionary

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

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