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toothplate

toothplate noun: an internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer.

Noun

toothplate (plural toothplates)

  1. An internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer.
    • So it may be that the digestive protoplasm especially is directed by this row of toothplates. This may be the original meaning of the toothplate. In many more advanced species and genera the toothplate becomes complicated so that its use may be changed.1950, Amsterdam Naturalist - Volume 1, page 74
    • The majority are multiocular and characteristically the test has a restricted aperture and internal foramina and a toothplate is often present.1981, J.R. Haynes, Foraminifera, →ISBN, page 57

Forms of toothplate

pluraltoothplates

Origin of toothplate

From tooth + plate.

Questions about toothplate

What does toothplate mean?
Toothplate means an internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer.
What part of speech is toothplate?
Toothplate is a noun.
What is the plural of toothplate?
The plural of toothplate is toothplates.

Words near toothplate in the dictionary

  1. toothpicking
  2. toothpicklike
  3. toothpicks
  4. toothpickweed
  5. toothpicky
  6. toothplate
  7. toothplates
  8. toothpowder
  9. toothpowders
  10. toothproof
  11. toothpuller

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