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metastriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.

noun

A tick of this kind.

Word forms

metastriate metastriates

Etymology

From meta- + striate.

Related words

prostriate

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