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tritomerite

tritomerite noun: a moveable arm that functions, with the fixed deutomerite, to grip and manipulate food in horseshoe crabs.

Noun

tritomerite (plural tritomerites)

  1. A moveable arm that functions, with the fixed deutomerite, to grip and manipulate food in horseshoe crabs.

Forms of tritomerite

pluraltritomerites

Origin of tritomerite

From trito- + -merite, from -mere.

Questions about tritomerite

What does tritomerite mean?
Tritomerite means a moveable arm that functions, with the fixed deutomerite, to grip and manipulate food in horseshoe crabs.
What part of speech is tritomerite?
Tritomerite is a noun.
What is the plural of tritomerite?
The plural of tritomerite is tritomerites.

Words near tritomerite in the dictionary

  1. tritocerebral
  2. tritocerebrum
  3. Tritogeneia
  4. tritoma
  5. tritomas
  6. tritomerite
  7. tritomerites
  8. triton
  9. Triton Island
  10. tritonal
  11. tritonality

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