What does "multicanaliculate" mean?

Having numerous, large, branching, and closely spaced pore canals. They have a high gas exchange rate, so like tubocanaliculate eggs they were probably also buried humid mounds.

Multicanaliculate

Q: What is a synonym for "multicanaliculate"?

Common synonyms include: angusticanaliculate, obliquicanaliculate, prolatocanaliculate, rimocanaliculate, tubocanaliculate.

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Adjective

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Having numerous, large, branching, and closely spaced pore canals. They have a high gas exchange rate, so like tubocanaliculate eggs they were probably also buried humid mounds. not-comparable

Synonyms

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angusticanaliculate obliquicanaliculate prolatocanaliculate rimocanaliculate tubocanaliculate

Etymology

From multi- + canaliculate.

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