Etymology

amphid

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Today it means: One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀμφιδέα
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀμφιδέα“anything that binds or is bound around”
  2. English todayamphid

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιδέα (amphidéa, “anything that binds or is bound around”), from ἀμφιδέω (amphidéō, “to bind around”) + -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix).

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