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anteroaxes

anteroaxes is the plural of anteroaxis.

Meaning of anteroaxis

Noun

anteroaxis (plural anteroaxes)

  1. The anterior section of the central axial lobe on the pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.
    • […] but retention of a cephalothoracic aperture (Rushton, 1979, p.45), and presence always of three segments in the anteroaxis of the pygidium serve to differentiate Condylopygoidea from Agnostoidea.1990, J. H. Shergold, J. R. Laurie, Sun Xiaowen, Classification and Review of the Trilobite Order Agnostida Salter, 1864: An Australian Perspective, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026, page 4

Questions about anteroaxes

What is anteroaxes the plural of?
Anteroaxes is the plural of anteroaxis.

Words near anteroaxes in the dictionary

  1. antero-internal
  2. antero-ventro-lateral
  3. antero-ventro-laterally
  4. anteroapical
  5. anteroapically
  6. anteroaxes
  7. anteroaxis
  8. anterobasal
  9. anterobipedal
  10. anterobuccal
  11. anterobuccally

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