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teleoconchs

teleoconchs 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 teleoconchs

What is teleoconchs the plural of?
Teleoconchs is the plural of teleoconch.

Words near teleoconchs in the dictionary

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

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