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plesiometacarpal

plesiometacarpal adjective: being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot).

Adjective

plesiometacarpal (not comparable)

  1. Being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot).
    • Coordinate term: telemetacarpal
    • However, as we emphasize elsewhere all extant plesiometacarpal (i.e., Old World) deer, of which Candiacervus is an example, give birth to one fawn per season (twins are rare to very rare).2014, Geer, Alexandra van der, 1963-, Mortality in a predator-free insular environment : the dwarf deer of Crete, page 13

Origin of plesiometacarpal

From plesio- + metacarpal.

Questions about plesiometacarpal

What does plesiometacarpal mean?
Plesiometacarpal means being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot).
What part of speech is plesiometacarpal?
Plesiometacarpal is an adjective.

Words near plesiometacarpal in the dictionary

  1. plesiochelyid
  2. plesiochelyids
  3. plesiochronous
  4. plesiohedra
  5. plesiohedron
  6. plesiometacarpal
  7. plesiomorph
  8. plesiomorphic
  9. plesiomorphically
  10. plesiomorphies
  11. plesiomorphism

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