prolatocanaliculate

English

Adjective

prolatocanaliculate (not comparable)

1. (zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.

Coordinate terms

• multicanaliculate
• obliquicanaliculate
• angusticanaliculate
• rimocanaliculate
• tubocanaliculate