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angusticanaliculate en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin angustus (“narrow”) and canaliculate.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having a pore system in which pores are approximately 10μm in diameter and are straight, unbranching and long, with a low pore density.
    • Angusticanaliculate: The pore canals are long, narrow, and straight. The canals are small (0.01-0.1 mm) and not very abundant (about 3-20/100 mm²), so there is relatively less gas exchange than other pore types (e.g., multicanaliculate). 1999, Kenneth Carpenter, Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction:

Coordinates

obliquicanaliculate · tubocanaliculate · prolatocanaliculate · rimocanaliculate · multicanaliculate