What does "obliquicanaliculate" mean?

Having pore canals cut diagonally through multiple eggshell units instead of going between them like in other pore systems. Obliquicanaliculate pores are only found in a single oogenus: Preprismatoolithus.

Obliquicanaliculate

Q: What is a synonym for "obliquicanaliculate"?

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

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Having pore canals cut diagonally through multiple eggshell units instead of going between them like in other pore systems. Obliquicanaliculate pores are only found in a single oogenus: Preprismatoolithus. not-comparable

Synonyms

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angusticanaliculate multicanaliculate prolatocanaliculate rimocanaliculate tubocanaliculate

Etymology

From oblique and canaliculate.

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