predauer

P3R1E1D2A1U1E1R1

noun

An early stage in the development of nematode larvae.

Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpredauer (plural predauers)

plural predauers

  1. An early stage in the development of nematode larvae.

    Several interesting questions arise concerning the possible role of autophagy in both the special enduring (dauer or L3D) larval stage, and in the L2 predauer (PD) phase during which the transformation into L3D takes[…]

    2011 September 2, Autophagy: Lower Eukaryotes and Non-Mammalian Systems, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 481

Origin

From pre- + dauer.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: predauer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.