pterocardiac en · ADJ
Etymology
From ptero- + cardiac.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) winglike and present in the cardiac stomach
The calcein stain was retained over an annual cycle comprising multiple moults, demonstrating that pterocardiac ossicles retain chronological information.
2015 August 27, “Direct Age Determination of a Subtropical Freshwater Crayfish (Redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus ) Using Ossicular Growth Marks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: