metanephridium

noun

meta·​nephridium

"+

: a nephridium that originates in a ciliated coelomic funnel compare protonephridium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from meta- + nephridium

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Rhymes for metanephridium

• clostridium
• cranidium
• cymbidium
• iridium
• peridium
• presidium
• pygidium
• rubidium
• cryptosporidium
• idiom