Ptychonomous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ptychonomous is an adjective meaning (entomology, rare) Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.).
Meaning
(entomology, rare) Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.).
Example Sentences
Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.
Styracaceae: Styrax japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. (Kumata 1963). Ptychonomous mine on the upper side of leaves (De Prins and De Prins 2005) [...]
[...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ptychographic, polyneopterous, pterionic, phlyctenous, pithecomorphic, phaneroptic.
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