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anteocular

anteocular adjective: positioned in front of the eye.

Adjective

anteocular (not comparable)

  1. Positioned in front of the eye
    Synonyms:
    preocular

Synonyms of anteocular

Origin of anteocular

From ante- + ocular.

Questions about anteocular

What does anteocular mean?
Anteocular means positioned in front of the eye.
What part of speech is anteocular?
Anteocular is an adjective.

Words near anteocular in the dictionary

  1. antenodals
  2. Antenor
  3. antenuptial
  4. antenuptially
  5. antenuptials
  6. anteocular
  7. anteorbital
  8. anteosaur
  9. anteosaurid
  10. anteosaurids
  11. anteosaurs

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