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gnathobasic

gnathobasic adjective: related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase.

Adjective

gnathobasic (not comparable)

  1. Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
    • The expanded coxal gnathobasic surface is differentiated from the main body of the coxa by a narrow ‘neck’ (Fig. 13b ).2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary...

Origin of gnathobasic

From gnatho- + basic.

Questions about gnathobasic

What does gnathobasic mean?
Gnathobasic means related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase.
What part of speech is gnathobasic?
Gnathobasic is an adjective.

Words near gnathobasic in the dictionary

  1. gnathites
  2. gnathitis
  3. gnatho-
  4. gnathobase
  5. gnathobases
  6. gnathobasic
  7. gnathocephalic
  8. gnathocephalon
  9. gnathochilaria
  10. gnathochilarial
  11. gnathochilarium

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