tecnomorph

English

Etymology

From tecno- +‎ -morph.

Noun

tecnomorph (plural tecnomorphs)

1. (zoology) The carapace of a larval ostracod.
   • 1957, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, Volume 37, page 203:

     In stratigraphically later genera with histial dimorphism frequently no histial structure and also no velar structure at all is present in the tecnomorphs.

Related terms

• heteromorph