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hairscale en · NOUN

Etymology

hair + scale

Meanings

  1. A scale that is long and thin, resembling a hair.
    • The hairscales are homologous with the other scales and this is our reason for suggesting the term hairscale. We strongly disagree with using only one term such as mastigonemes for all hair shaped appendages, since this implies a homology which is obviously not correct 1974, Ø Moestrup, HA Thomsen, “An ultrastructural study of the flagellate Pyramimonas orientalis with particular emphasis on Golgi apparatus activity and the flagellar apparatus”, in Protoplasma:

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hairscales Number=Plur lexicographic
hair scale alternative lexicographic