Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nematodesmata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-ma-todes-ma-ta
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

Example Sentences

"The nematodesmata extend posteriorly to form the rhabdos or litostome cytopharyngeal apparatus. Dileptus species may have two rings of nematodesmata, the inner one of which is not associated with kinetosomes (Grain & Golińska, 1969)."

Questions

What does nematodesmata mean?: Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

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