valvifer

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noun

Any of the basal plates of an insect's ovipositor that arise from the eighth and ninth abdominal segments

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounvalvifer (plural valvifers)

plural valvifers

  1. biologyAny of the basal plates of an insect's ovipositor that arise from the eighth and ninth abdominal segments
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