parafasciole

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noun

A broad zone next to the fasciole

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Meanings

nounparafasciole (plural parafascioles)

plural parafascioles

  1. A broad zone next to the fasciole

    In both populations, specimens having a parafasciole were only found in the Grimberg material; orthofascioles are completely missing.

    2016 February 6, “Ecophenotypic Variation and Developmental Instability in the Late Cretaceous Echinoid Micraster brevis (Irregularia; Spatangoida)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From para- + fasciole.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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