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anteciliary

anteciliary adjective: situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.

Adjective

anteciliary (comparative more anteciliary, superlative most anteciliary)

  1. Situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.

Forms of anteciliary

comparativemore anteciliary
superlativemost anteciliary

Origin of anteciliary

From ante- + ciliary.

Words that rhyme with anteciliary

Questions about anteciliary

What does anteciliary mean?
Anteciliary means situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.
What part of speech is anteciliary?
Anteciliary is an adjective.

Words near anteciliary in the dictionary

  1. antechoir
  2. antechoirs
  3. antechurch
  4. antechurches
  5. antecians
  6. anteciliary
  7. anteclassical
  8. anteclassically
  9. anteclise
  10. anteclises
  11. anteclypei

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