quadriloculate

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English

Etymology

From quadri- +‎ loculate.

Adjective

quadriloculate (not comparable)

  1. Having four loculi
    • 2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini) in the western Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, with descriptions of 13 new species”, in Parasite, volume 22, →DOI:
      MCO reniform, quadriloculate, with comparatively long arcing cone; walls of chambers variably thick; distal tube short, with comparatively thick walls; retractile filament variable in length.