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antescutal

antescutal adjective: anterior to a scutum (of an insect).

Adjective

antescutal (not comparable)

  1. anterior to a scutum (of an insect)

Origin of antescutal

From ante- + scutal.

Questions about antescutal

What does antescutal mean?
Antescutal means anterior to a scutum (of an insect).
What part of speech is antescutal?
Antescutal is an adjective.

Words near antescutal in the dictionary

  1. antes in
  2. antes up
  3. antes-up
  4. antescript
  5. antescripts
  6. antescutal
  7. antesepalous
  8. antessive
  9. antessive case
  10. antessive cases
  11. antesternal

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