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epiparietal

epiparietal adjective: situated above the parietal bone.

Adjective

epiparietal (not comparable)

  1. Situated above the parietal bone.
    • Of these, all of the bones (n = 27) identifiable to lower taxonomic levels pertain to Centrosaurinae, and nine parietal specimens can be attributed to the new taxon based on diagnostic features of the epiparietal ornamentation.2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the...

Noun

epiparietal (plural epiparietals)

  1. An ossification situated above the parietal bone, typically those forming "hornlets" on the frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs.

Forms of epiparietal

pluralepiparietals

Origin of epiparietal

From epi- + parietal.

Words formed from epiparietal

Questions about epiparietal

What does epiparietal mean?
Epiparietal means situated above the parietal bone.
What part of speech is epiparietal?
Epiparietal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epiparietal in the dictionary

  1. epipapillary
  2. epiparasite
  3. epiparasites
  4. epiparasitic
  5. epiparasitism
  6. epiparietal
  7. epiparietals
  8. epiparietosquamosal
  9. epipastic
  10. epipedon
  11. epipedons

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