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chiridian

chiridian adjective: of a tetrapod vertebrate limb, having well-defined joints and digits.

Adjective

chiridian (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of a tetrapod vertebrate limb, having well-defined joints and digits.
    • They are all tetrapods–that is to say, vertebrates that possess (or their ancestors possessed) chiridian limbs (limbs with digits; fig. 1.1).2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 1

Questions about chiridian

What does chiridian mean?
Chiridian means of a tetrapod vertebrate limb, having well-defined joints and digits.
What part of speech is chiridian?
Chiridian is an adjective.

Words near chiridian in the dictionary

  1. Chiricahua
  2. Chiricahuan
  3. Chiricahuas
  4. Chirico
  5. Chiricos
  6. chiridian
  7. chiridotid
  8. chiridotids
  9. Chiriguano
  10. Chiriguanos
  11. Chirihuano

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