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-merous

-merous

See also: mérous

English

Suffix

-merous

  1. (biology, forming adjectives) Having parts of the specified quality.
  2. (chiefly botany and zoology, forming adjectives) Comprising the specified number of parts.

Usage notes

  1. In biological descriptions, it is common to use numbers instead the Greek prefixes.

Derived terms

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