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epural

epural adjective: on the dorsal side of the tail.

Adjective

epural (comparative more epural, superlative most epural)

  1. On the dorsal side of the tail.
    • The opercular bone is reduced and the suboperculum enlarged, and the caudal skeleton is unique in having only two free epural bones, with the third, anteriormost one fused to the second preural centrum.1994, C. Lavett Smith, Fish Watching: An Outdoor Guide to Freshwater Fishes, →ISBN, page 200

Noun

epural (plural epurals)

  1. A boney or cartilaginous neural spine on the epural side of a fish's axial column, sometimes supporting fin-rays.
    • Presence of two epurals is the more likely derived condition for stomiiforms based on functional outgroup comparison to Diplophos and Manducus.1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333

Forms of epural

Adjective
comparativemore epural
superlativemost epural
Noun
pluralepurals

Questions about epural

What does epural mean?
Epural means on the dorsal side of the tail.
What part of speech is epural?
Epural can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epural in the dictionary

  1. epulis
  2. epulises
  3. epulotic
  4. epulotics
  5. epupillate
  6. epural
  7. epurals
  8. epurate
  9. epurated
  10. epurates
  11. epurating

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