Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: dolon
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the carapace of a marine organism from the class Ostracoda, used for various purposes, such as locomotion, feeding, or sensory perception.

Example Sentences

"In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum)."
"Velum occurs as a narrow, rounded ridge forming the valve margin in lateral view, continuous posteriorly as the dolon in females."
"In both cases the histial dolon is united anteriorly with the velar dolon and both genera are also similar in being unisulcate ."

Inflected Forms

dolons (plural)

Derived Forms

dolonal

Questions

What does dolon mean?: A specialized elongated hollow structure that forms part of the carapace of a marine organism from the class Ostracoda, used for various purposes, such as locomotion, feeding, or sensory perception.

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