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iliotrochantericus

iliotrochantericus noun: a muscle, associated with the ilium and the trochanter, in the pelvis of birds.

Noun

iliotrochantericus

  1. A muscle, associated with the ilium and the trochanter, in the pelvis of birds
    • For example, the comparatively reduced femoral trochanter and patella of UNSM 20030 would limit the area available for the attachment of several muscles (i.e., the lateral and medial obturatorius, medial and cranial iliotrochantericus, medial femorotibialis, and medial gastrocnemius) crucial to...2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about iliotrochantericus

What does iliotrochantericus mean?
Iliotrochantericus means a muscle, associated with the ilium and the trochanter, in the pelvis of birds.
What part of speech is iliotrochantericus?
Iliotrochantericus is a noun.

Words near iliotrochantericus in the dictionary

  1. iliotibial band syndrome
  2. iliotibial bands
  3. iliotibial tract
  4. iliotibial tracts
  5. iliotrochanteric
  6. iliotrochantericus
  7. iliparcil
  8. ilish
  9. Ilisos
  10. Ilissos
  11. Ilissus

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