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meral

meral adjective: pertaining to the merus or meropodite.

Adjective

meral (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the merus or meropodite.
    • Stomatopods signal mood, intention and – perhaps – much else with subtle changes in posture, as well as their impressive markings, which in many species include a pair of meral spots that can look like giant eyes.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 103

Origin of meral

From merus + -al.

Questions about meral

What does meral mean?
Meral means pertaining to the merus or meropodite.
What part of speech is meral?
Meral is an adjective.

Words near meral in the dictionary

  1. Merag
  2. Merah
  3. Merah North
  4. Merahs
  5. Merak
  6. meral
  7. Meralco
  8. meralgia
  9. meralgia paraesthetica
  10. meralluride
  11. Meramecian

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