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anteroaxis

anteroaxis noun: the anterior section of the central axial lobe on the pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.

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

Forms of anteroaxis

pluralanteroaxes

Origin of anteroaxis

From antero- + axis.

Questions about anteroaxis

What does anteroaxis mean?
Anteroaxis means the anterior section of the central axial lobe on the pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.
What part of speech is anteroaxis?
Anteroaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of anteroaxis?
The plural of anteroaxis is anteroaxes.

Words near anteroaxis in the dictionary

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

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