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paranuchal

paranuchal adjective: parallel to the nuchal.

Adjective

paranuchal (not comparable)

  1. parallel to the nuchal

Noun

paranuchal (plural paranuchals)

  1. A paranuchal plate or ridge

Forms of paranuchal

pluralparanuchals

Origin of paranuchal

From para- + nuchal.

Questions about paranuchal

What does paranuchal mean?
Paranuchal means parallel to the nuchal.
What part of speech is paranuchal?
Paranuchal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near paranuchal in the dictionary

  1. paranthelion
  2. paranthesis
  3. paranthracene
  4. paranthropine
  5. paranthropines
  6. paranuchal
  7. paranuchals
  8. paranuclear
  9. paranucleate
  10. paranuclei
  11. paranucleolar

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