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tanylobous

tanylobous adjective: having an elongated prostomium that overlaps the first segments.

Adjective

tanylobous (not comparable)

  1. Having an elongated prostomium that overlaps the first segments.

Forms of tanylobous

alternative formtanylobic

Origin of tanylobous

From Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō, “stretch”) + lobe + -ous. By surface analysis, tany- + lobe + -ous.

Questions about tanylobous

What does tanylobous mean?
Tanylobous means having an elongated prostomium that overlaps the first segments.
What part of speech is tanylobous?
Tanylobous is an adjective.

Words near tanylobous in the dictionary

  1. tanycytic
  2. tanyderid
  3. tanyderids
  4. Tanygrisiau
  5. tanylobic
  6. tanylobous
  7. tanyosho pine
  8. tanyosho pines
  9. tanypezid
  10. tanypezids
  11. tanystropheid

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