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macrostomatan

macrostomatan noun: any snake of the clade Macrostomata.

Noun

macrostomatan (plural macrostomatans)

  1. Any snake of the clade Macrostomata
    • The unique adaptations for the snake skull for ingesting large prey in more primitive macrostomatan snakes have been well documented.2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of macrostomatan

pluralmacrostomatans

Origin of macrostomatan

Macrostomata + -an

Questions about macrostomatan

What does macrostomatan mean?
Macrostomatan means any snake of the clade Macrostomata.
What part of speech is macrostomatan?
Macrostomatan is a noun.
What is the plural of macrostomatan?
The plural of macrostomatan is macrostomatans.

Words near macrostomatan in the dictionary

  1. macrosteps
  2. macrostereoscopic
  3. macrostimulation
  4. macrostimulations
  5. macrostock
  6. macrostomatan
  7. macrostomatans
  8. macrostomia
  9. macrostomid
  10. macrostomids
  11. macrostomy

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