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teloconch

teloconch is the misspelling 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 teloconch

What is teloconch the misspelling of?
Teloconch is the misspelling of teleoconch.

Words near teloconch in the dictionary

  1. telocentrosomes
  2. telocinobufagin
  3. telocoel
  4. telocoels
  5. telocollagen
  6. teloconch
  7. telocratic
  8. telocyte
  9. telocytes
  10. telodendrimer
  11. telodendrimers

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