tritovum

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noun

An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg, such as some mites of Myobia

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nountritovum (plural tritova)

plural tritova

  1. biologyAn embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg, such as some mites of Myobia

Origin

  1. Latinovum“egg”
  2. Englishtritovum

From trit- + Latin ovum (“egg”).

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