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MORPHALLAXIS (morphallaxes)
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Irregular inflected form: morphallaxes
Dictionary entry overview: What does morphallaxis mean?
• MORPHALLAXIS (noun)
The noun MORPHALLAXIS has 1 sense:
1. regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters
Familiarity information: MORPHALLAXIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("morphallaxis" is a kind of...):
regeneration ((biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs)
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