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midposterior

midposterior adjective: in the middle of the posterior part.

Adjective

midposterior (not comparable)

  1. In the middle of the posterior part
    • The fibular condyle projects laterally and possesses a shallow notch in the midposterior part.2015 December 17, “A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of midposterior

From mid- + posterior.

Words formed from midposterior

Words that rhyme with midposterior

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Questions about midposterior

What does midposterior mean?
Midposterior means in the middle of the posterior part.
What part of speech is midposterior?
Midposterior is an adjective.

Words near midposterior in the dictionary

  1. midpoints
  2. Midpollo
  3. midportion
  4. midportions
  5. midposition
  6. midposterior
  7. midposteriorly
  8. midpregnancies
  9. midpregnancy
  10. midpregnant
  11. midprice

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