Associations to the word «Hypoderma»

Wiktionary

HYPODERMA, noun. (botany) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
HYPODERMA, noun. (zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
HYPODERMA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae   — warble flies.
HYPODERMA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae   — a fungus.

Dictionary definition

HYPODERMA, noun. In some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope