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Word: Ctenidium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; modern Latin, from Greek ktenidion, diminutive of kteis, kten- ‘comb’
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Phonetic Spelling:
tɪˈnɪdɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a comblike structure, especially a respiratory organ or gill in a mollusc, consisting of an axis with a row of projecting filaments.
Short Definition:comblike structure in mollusc
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