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anteapical

anteapical adjective: located in front of an apex.

Adjective

anteapical (comparative more anteapical, superlative most anteapical)

  1. Located in front of an apex.
    • Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3...
    Synonyms:
    preapical
    Antonyms:
    postapical

Synonyms of anteapical

Antonyms

Forms of anteapical

comparativemore anteapical
superlativemost anteapical

Origin of anteapical

From ante- + apical.

Questions about anteapical

What does anteapical mean?
Anteapical means located in front of an apex.
What part of speech is anteapical?
Anteapical is an adjective.

Words near anteapical in the dictionary

  1. ante-upping
  2. anteact
  3. anteacts
  4. anteal
  5. anteally
  6. anteapical
  7. anteater
  8. anteater chat
  9. anteater dick
  10. anteater dicks
  11. anteater-dick

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