rhinophore etymology

English word rhinophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English rhino- (Of the nose.)

Detailed word origin of rhinophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
rhino- English (eng) Of the nose.
rhinophore English (eng) A club-shaped structure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external head anatomy of the dorid nudibranchs.

Words with the same origin as rhinophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of rhino-
birhinal ectorhinal oculorhinitis rhinal sulcus rhinalgia rhinectomy rhinitis rhinitis sicca rhinoconjunctivitis rhinogenic rhinolalia rhinolaryngitis rhinolith rhinology rhinopharynx rhinoplasty rhinorrhagia rhinorrhea rhinoscleroma rhinoscope rhinosinusitis rhinotheca rhinotomy rhinotracheitis