Etymology

haplolepidous

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Today it means: having main teeth formed from a single column of cells up dorsal face; Full definition →

New Latin haplolepideus ← Ancient Greek ἁπλόος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἁπλόος“two-fold, single”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromhaplolepideus
  3. English todayhaplolepidous

From New Latin haplolepideus, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “two-fold, single”) + λεπίδιον (lepídion, “small plate used to close a tube”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἁπλόος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.