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teneral

/ˈtɛ.nə.ɹəl/

teneral adjective: in the pale, soft-bodied state that follows moulting, before the hardening and darkening of the cuticle, during which the creature is able to expand.

Adjective

teneral (not comparable)

  1. (usually) In the pale, soft-bodied state that follows moulting, before the hardening and darkening of the cuticle, during which the creature is able to expand.

Noun

teneral (plural tenerals)

  1. Such an imago.

teneral meaning in Bengali

teneral in Bengali

এই ধরনের একটি ইমাগো

Forms of teneral

pluraltenerals

Origin of teneral

From Latin tener + -al.

Questions about teneral

What does teneral mean?
Teneral means in the pale, soft-bodied state that follows moulting, before the hardening and darkening of the cuticle, during which the creature is able to expand.
What is teneral in Bengali?
Teneral in Bengali is এই ধরনের একটি ইমাগো. See Teneral meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is teneral?
Teneral can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce teneral?
Teneral is pronounced /ˈtɛ.nə.ɹəl/.

Words near teneral in the dictionary

  1. tenendum
  2. tenendums
  3. tenent
  4. tenents
  5. Tener
  6. teneral
  7. tenerals
  8. tenericute
  9. tenericutes
  10. Tenerife
  11. Tenerife giant lizard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teneral (page history and authors); teneral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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