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trophonemata

trophonemata is the plural of trophonema.

Meaning of trophonema

Noun

trophonema (plural trophonemata)

  1. Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos
    • The trophonema consists of 50–60 trophocytes that maintain contact with <1% of the oocyte surface and forms a circular, bowel-shaped depression on the luminal surface of the gastrodermis as they sink into the mesoglea with the oocyte.

Questions about trophonemata

What is trophonemata the plural of?
Trophonemata is the plural of trophonema.

Words near trophonemata in the dictionary

  1. trophological
  2. trophology
  3. trophometer
  4. trophometers
  5. trophonema
  6. trophonemata
  7. trophoneuroses
  8. trophoneurosis
  9. trophoneurotic
  10. Trophonian
  11. trophonid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trophonemata (page history and authors); trophonema (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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