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pleurokinesis

pleurokinesis noun: lateral movement in the jaws of some dinosaurs.

Noun

pleurokinesis (uncountable)

  1. lateral movement in the jaws of some dinosaurs

Origin of pleurokinesis

From pleuro- + -kinesis.

Questions about pleurokinesis

What does pleurokinesis mean?
Pleurokinesis means lateral movement in the jaws of some dinosaurs.
What part of speech is pleurokinesis?
Pleurokinesis is a noun.

Words near pleurokinesis in the dictionary

  1. pleurodynias
  2. pleurogenid
  3. pleurogenids
  4. pleurography
  5. pleurogynous
  6. pleurokinesis
  7. pleurokinetic
  8. pleurolith
  9. pleuroliths
  10. pleurolophocercous
  11. pleuromeiaceous

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