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dolichoiliac

dolichoiliac adjective: having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.

Adjective

dolichoiliac (not comparable)

  1. Having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.
    • As noted by Colbert (1964) and others, they had developed a dolichoiliac pelvis (with an enlargment of the anterior blade of the ilium) and, I might add, a tendency to increase the height of the ilium.1988, Kevin Padian, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs, page 31
    • The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).1997, Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

Origin of dolichoiliac

From dolicho- + iliac.

Questions about dolichoiliac

What does dolichoiliac mean?
Dolichoiliac means having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.
What part of speech is dolichoiliac?
Dolichoiliac is an adjective.

Words near dolichoiliac in the dictionary

  1. dolichofacial
  2. dolichoi
  3. dolichoic
  4. dolichoic acid
  5. dolichoic acids
  6. dolichoiliac
  7. dolichol
  8. dolicholide
  9. dolichols
  10. dolichomacrostomid
  11. dolichomacrostomids

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