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teleoconches

teleoconches is the plural of teleoconch.

Meaning of teleoconch

Noun

teleoconch (plural teleoconchs or teleoconches)

  1. The portion of a shell of a conchiferan mollusc formed immediately after the larval stage of the life cycle of the organism.
    • the shell produced after metamorphosis is referred to as adult shell or teleoconch.1995, Haszprunar, G., Salvini-Plawen, L. von, & Rieger, R. M. (1995). Larval planktotrophy—a primative trait in the Bilateria? Acta Zoologica, 76(2), 141–154., page 143

Questions about teleoconches

What is teleoconches the plural of?
Teleoconches is the plural of teleoconch.

Words near teleoconches in the dictionary

  1. teleobjective
  2. teleobjectives
  3. teleobstetrics
  4. teleocidin
  5. teleoconch
  6. teleoconches
  7. teleoconchs
  8. teleocracies
  9. teleocracy
  10. teleocratic
  11. teleodesmacean

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