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- noun biology A
dormant zygotic stage of thelife cycle ofdinoflagellates
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Examples
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Different dinoflagellate species are known to be adapted to different environmental conditions, so studying the distribution of 'dinocyst' fossils helps reconstruct past environments.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Different dinoflagellate species are known to be adapted to different environmental conditions, so studying the distribution of 'dinocyst' fossils helps reconstruct past environments.
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Different dinoflagellate species are known to be adapted to different environmental conditions, so studying the distribution of 'dinocyst' fossils helps reconstruct past environments.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Different dinoflagellate species are known to be adapted to different environmental conditions, so studying the distribution of 'dinocyst' fossils helps reconstruct past environments.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Reconstruction of sea-surface temperature, salinity, and sea-ice cover in the northern North Atlantic during the last glacial maximum based on dinocyst assemblages.
Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009
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This transition was sudden, occurring at a drilling depth of 122.37 metres, but changes in organic content and dinocyst distributions were more gradual.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This transition was sudden, occurring at a drilling depth of 122.37 metres, but changes in organic content and dinocyst distributions were more gradual.
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This transition was sudden, occurring at a drilling depth of 122.37 metres, but changes in organic content and dinocyst distributions were more gradual.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This transition was sudden, occurring at a drilling depth of 122.37 metres, but changes in organic content and dinocyst distributions were more gradual.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word dinocyst
Hmm. I assumed this word had something to do with dinosaurs. A dinosaur with a cyst.
August 14, 2015
deinonychus commented on the word dinocyst
I know! Or maybe what you could call a really big cyst you've got, to make it sound cool.
August 15, 2015