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toothplates

toothplates is the plural of toothplate.

Meaning of toothplate

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

Questions about toothplates

What is toothplates the plural of?
Toothplates is the plural of toothplate.

Words near toothplates in the dictionary

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

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