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xiphophorine

xiphophorine adjective: pertaining to fish of the genus Xiphophorus.

Adjective

xiphophorine (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to fish of the genus Xiphophorus
    • Melanophore differentiation in the xiphophorine fish starts at the fourth day of embryonic life[…]1977, The Yale journal of biology and medicine: Volume 50

Questions about xiphophorine

What does xiphophorine mean?
Xiphophorine means pertaining to fish of the genus Xiphophorus.
What part of speech is xiphophorine?
Xiphophorine is an adjective.

Words near xiphophorine in the dictionary

  1. xiphoomphalopagus
  2. xiphopagi
  3. xiphopagic
  4. xiphopagous
  5. xiphopagus
  6. xiphophorine
  7. xiphophyllous
  8. xiphopubic
  9. xiphos
  10. xiphosauran
  11. xiphosaurans

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