subeccentric

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adjective

Having or being an oospore with a multiple oil globules on one side that displace much of the ooplasm and force the ooplasts to the other side.

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Meanings

adjectivesubeccentric (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving or being an oospore with a multiple oil globules on one side that displace much of the ooplasm and force the ooplasts to the other side.

    Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous.

    2014, Nicky B. Buller, Bacteria and Fungi From Fish and Other Aquatic Animals: A Practical Identification Manual, 2nd edition, Boston, M.A.: CABI, →ISBN, page 687

Origin

From sub- + eccentric.

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

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Chicago

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