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brachyiliac

brachyiliac adjective: having a short ilium (typical of some dinosaurs).

Adjective

brachyiliac (not comparable)

  1. Having a short ilium (typical of some dinosaurs)

Origin of brachyiliac

From brachy- + iliac.

Questions about brachyiliac

What does brachyiliac mean?
Brachyiliac means having a short ilium (typical of some dinosaurs).
What part of speech is brachyiliac?
Brachyiliac is an adjective.

Words near brachyiliac in the dictionary

  1. brachygraphers
  2. brachygraphic
  3. brachygraphical
  4. brachygraphies
  5. brachygraphy
  6. brachyiliac
  7. brachykephalic
  8. brachylaimiasis
  9. brachylaimid
  10. brachylaimids
  11. brachylogy

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