Pycnofibers is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pycnofibers in a sentence
Pycnofibers meaning
plural of pycnofiber
Using Pycnofibers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pycnofiber
- In the example corpus, pycnofibers often appears in combinations such as: pycnofibers were.
Context around Pycnofibers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pycnofibers
- In this selection, "pycnofibers" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pterosaur stand out and add context to how "pycnofibers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include known as pycnofibers on the and presence of pycnofibers and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pycnofibers" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pycnofibers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pterosaur pycnofibers were structured similarly to theropod proto-feathers. (9 words)
The presence of pycnofibers (and the demands of flight) imply that pterosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded). (16 words)
Pycnofibers were not true hair as seen in mammals, but a unique structure that developed a similar appearance. (18 words)
Pycnofibers At least some pterosaurs had hair -like filaments known as pycnofibers on the head and body, similar to, but not homologous (sharing a common structure) with, mammalian hair. (29 words)
Pycnofibers were flexible, short filaments, "only 5-7mm in some specimens" and rather simple, "apparently lacking any internal detail aside from a central canal". (24 words)
Pycnofibers were not true hair as seen in mammals, but a unique structure that developed a similar appearance. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
Pycnofibers At least some pterosaurs had hair -like filaments known as pycnofibers on the head and body, similar to, but not homologous (sharing a common structure) with, mammalian hair.
Pterosaur pycnofibers were structured similarly to theropod proto-feathers.
Pycnofibers were flexible, short filaments, "only 5-7mm in some specimens" and rather simple, "apparently lacking any internal detail aside from a central canal".
Pycnofibers were not true hair as seen in mammals, but a unique structure that developed a similar appearance.
The presence of pycnofibers (and the demands of flight) imply that pterosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded).
Common combinations with pycnofibers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: