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Meckelian groove

Meckelian groove noun: a longitudinal channel within a dinosaur's lower jaw, housing the unossified remnants of the Meckelian cartilage.

Noun

Meckelian groove (plural Meckelian grooves)

  1. A longitudinal channel within a dinosaur's lower jaw, housing the unossified remnants of the Meckelian cartilage.

Forms of Meckelian groove

pluralMeckelian grooves

Questions about Meckelian groove

What does Meckelian groove mean?
Meckelian groove means a longitudinal channel within a dinosaur's lower jaw, housing the unossified remnants of the Meckelian cartilage.
What part of speech is Meckelian groove?
Meckelian groove is a noun.
What is the plural of Meckelian groove?
The plural of Meckelian groove is Meckelian grooves.

Words near Meckelian groove in the dictionary

  1. Meckel's ganglia
  2. Meckel's ganglion
  3. Meckel-Gruber syndrome
  4. Meckel-Serres law
  5. Meckelian
  6. Meckelian groove
  7. Meckhe
  8. Mecklenburg
  9. Mecklenburg County
  10. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  11. Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

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