multicanaliculate

adjective

Having numerous, large, branching, and closely spaced pore canals. They have a high gas exchange rate, so like tubocanaliculate eggs they were probably also buried humid mounds.

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Meanings

adjectivemulticanaliculate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving numerous, large, branching, and closely spaced pore canals. They have a high gas exchange rate, so like tubocanaliculate eggs they were probably also buried humid mounds.

Origin

From multi- + canaliculate.

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APA

multicanaliculate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicanaliculate

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“multicanaliculate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicanaliculate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multicanaliculate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicanaliculate.

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