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apicular

apicular adjective: situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

Adjective

apicular (comparative more apicular, superlative most apicular)

  1. Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

Forms of apicular

comparativemore apicular
superlativemost apicular

Origin of apicular

From Latin apiculus, diminutive of Latin apex, apicis.

Words formed from apicular

  • subapicular

Questions about apicular

What does apicular mean?
Apicular means situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
What part of speech is apicular?
Apicular is an adjective.

Words near apicular in the dictionary

  1. apicoseptums
  2. apicotarsi
  3. apicotarsus
  4. apicoventral
  5. APICs
  6. apicular
  7. apiculate
  8. apiculated
  9. apiculately
  10. apiculation
  11. apiculations

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