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paraquadratic

paraquadratic adjective: over the quadrate or the quadratojugal.

Adjective

paraquadratic (not comparable)

  1. Over the quadrate or the quadratojugal
    • Because the posterior margin of the quadratojugal and the interpreted presence of a paraquadratic foramen are variable within Brachylophosaurus (see Quadrate and Quadratojugal descriptions and comparisons below), this character is not here considered an autapomorphy, and has been excluded from the...2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paraquadratic

From para- + quadratic.

Questions about paraquadratic

What does paraquadratic mean?
Paraquadratic means over the quadrate or the quadratojugal.
What part of speech is paraquadratic?
Paraquadratic is an adjective.

Words near paraquadratic in the dictionary

  1. paraptosis
  2. paraptotic
  3. parapublic
  4. parapyramidal
  5. paraquadrate
  6. paraquadratic
  7. paraquark
  8. paraquarkonia
  9. paraquarkonium
  10. paraquat
  11. paraquats

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