Toothplate
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer.
"So it may be that the digestive protoplasm especially is directed by this row of toothplates. This may be the original meaning of the toothplate. In many more advanced species and genera the toothplate becomes complicated so that its use may be changed."
Example
More examples"So it may be that the digestive protoplasm especially is directed by this row of toothplates. This may be the original meaning of the toothplate. In many more advanced species and genera the toothplate becomes complicated so that its use may be changed."
Etymology
From tooth + plate.
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