English Explanatory Dictionary

tritomerite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A moveable arm that functions, with the fixed deutomerite, to grip and manipulate food in horseshoe crabs.

Word forms

tritomerite tritomerites

Etymology

From trito- + -merite, from -mere.

Related words

protomerite deutomerite
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