inwander

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verb

To wander in.

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Meanings

verbinwander (third-person singular simple present inwanders, present participle inwandering, simple past and past participle inwandered)

present singular third person inwanders · participle present inwandering · participle past inwandered · past inwandered

  1. intransitivenonce wordnonstandardTo wander in.

    Around edge note nuclei seem intent on leaving second row to inwander; […]

    1900, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
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    The cells of the equatorial region, which normally inwander last, and which should in fact lie in the entoderm of the subsequent budding tip of the hydrocaulus, […]

    1971, Giuseppe Reverberi, Experimental embryology of marine and fresh-water invertebrates

    It has a basal actin cortex (arrows). The mesenchymal cell is inwandering and has no free surface.

    1990, Seminars in developmental biology

Origin

From in- + wander.

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APA

inwander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwander

MLA

“inwander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwander. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inwander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwander.

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