prolatocanaliculate

adjective

Having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.

Scrabble 25
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveprolatocanaliculate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.
Cite this entry
APA

prolatocanaliculate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolatocanaliculate

MLA

“prolatocanaliculate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolatocanaliculate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prolatocanaliculate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolatocanaliculate.

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