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pentamerous
adjective as in five
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Thus fig. 38 shows a pentamerous symmetrical flower, with dimerous pistil.
Pentamerous insects are those which have five joints in all their tarsi.
To take an example, the group Pseudostrobus, characterized by pentamerous leaf-fascicles, appears in many systems.
Hydradephaga; -ous: applied to aquatic, predatory pentamerous beetles with filiform antennae: see adephagous.
The Clerid, which M. Latreille has placed in the pentamerous section, vary considerably in the number of their tarsal joints.
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pentamerous, such as: quintuple, pentagonal, quinary, quinate, and quinquennial.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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