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pontinal

pontinal adjective: describing a bone of the skull of certain fishes.

Adjective

pontinal (not comparable)

  1. Describing a bone of the skull of certain fishes

Origin of pontinal

From Latin pont- (“bridge”) + -ine (“of, pertaining”) + -al (“of, relating to”). By surface analysis, pontine + -al.

Questions about pontinal

What does pontinal mean?
Pontinal means describing a bone of the skull of certain fishes.
What part of speech is pontinal?
Pontinal is an adjective.

Words near pontinal in the dictionary

  1. pontile
  2. Pontillo
  3. Pontillos
  4. pontils
  5. pontin
  6. pontinal
  7. pontine
  8. pontine arteries
  9. pontine artery
  10. Pontine Islands
  11. Pontines

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