Definitions for ctenidium

ctenidium cte·nid·i·um

Spelling: [ti-nid-ee-uh m]
IPA: /tɪˈnɪd i əm/

Ctenidium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

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Definitions for ctenidium

noun

  1. any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.

Origin of ctenidium

From New Latin, dating back to 1880-85; See origin at cteno-, -idium

Examples for ctenidium

Cephalic shield continuous with dorsal integument; no shell; ctenidium projecting from mantle cavity.

No ctenidium, but a pulmonary cavity; operculum with an apophysis.

Mantle with two posterior appendages; ctenidium large and capable of protrusion from pallial cavity.

Without shell and operculum, but with pallial cavity and ctenidium.

To the left of the ctenidium a pulmonary sac, separated from it by an incomplete septum, amphibious.

Ctenidia, plural of ctenidium: Gills, or breathing-organs, adapted to water-respiration.

There is a ctenidium, except in some Thecosomata and Gymnosomata, and an osphradium.

ctenidium: a comb-like structure occurring on any part of an insect.

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