stipes
Americannoun
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Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
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Botany, Mycology. a stipe.
noun
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the second maxillary segment in insects and crustaceans
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the eyestalk of a crab or similar crustacean
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any similar stemlike structure
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Origin of stipes
1750–60; < Latin stīpes; see stipe
Example Sentences
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To study this, a team of Japanese researchers inserted subdermal needle electrodes into the caps and stipes of a type of mushroom called Laccaria bicolor.
From Salon • May 9, 2023
The current American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stipes to represent each U.S. state and the original British colonies that declared their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
From Fox News • Jun. 14, 2021
The stipes of giant kelps are enormous, extending in some cases for 60 meters.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Some brown algae have evolved specialized tissues that resemble terrestrial plants, with root-like holdfasts, stem-like stipes, and leaf-like blades that are capable of photosynthesis.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The low tufts of brown sporangia with short black stipes, borne often as Dr. Peck found them, assembled on living leaves, distinguish this little species.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
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