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Meaning of nematodesmata | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“The nematodesmata extend posteriorly to form the rhabdos or litostome cytopharyngeal apparatus. Dileptus species may have two rings of nematodesmata, the inner one of which is not associated with kinetosomes (Grain & Golińska, 1969).”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

nematodiasis nematodynamics nematofauna nematogalectin nematogen nematogene