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posteroaxes

posteroaxes is the plural of posteroaxis.

Meaning of posteroaxis

Noun

posteroaxis (plural posteroaxes)

  1. The posterior section of the central axial lobe on the pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.
    • […] isopygous trilobites having two thoracic segments, 2-3 segments in the pygidial anteroaxis, 3-8 additionally in fused complex posteroaxis of variable geometry and constitution[…]1990, J. H. Shergold, J. R. Laurie, Sun Xiaowen, Classification and Review of the Trilobite Order Agnostida Salter, 1864: An Australian Perspective, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026, page 32

Questions about posteroaxes

What is posteroaxes the plural of?
Posteroaxes is the plural of posteroaxis.

Words near posteroaxes in the dictionary

  1. postero-ventro-lateral
  2. postero-ventro-laterally
  3. posteroanterior
  4. posteroapical
  5. posteroapically
  6. posteroaxes
  7. posteroaxis
  8. posterobasal
  9. posterobucally
  10. posterobuccal
  11. posterobuccally

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