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Meaning of epispire | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A spiral ridge on the surface of the shell of some fossilized gastropods.

Examples

“Epispires, cothumopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

episporangium epispore episporium episquamosal episquamosals epistasis