| pentamer | See: virion. Origin: penta-+ G. Meros, part (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pentamera | <zoology> An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera. Origin: NL. See Pentamerous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pentameran | <zoology> One of the Pentamera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pentamerous | Of a flower, having five parts in each floral whorl (not necessarily including the gynoecium). (09 Oct 1997) |
| pentamerus | <paleontology> A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian. <geology> Pentamerus limestone, a Silurian limestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus. Origin: NL. See Pentamerous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |