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postfrontal

postfrontal adjective: behind the frontal bone.

Adjective

postfrontal (not comparable)

  1. Behind the frontal bone
  2. Behind a front

Noun

postfrontal (plural postfrontals)

  1. A bone located behind the frontal bone.

Forms of postfrontal

pluralpostfrontals

Origin of postfrontal

From post- + frontal.

Questions about postfrontal

What does postfrontal mean?
Postfrontal means behind the frontal bone.
What part of speech is postfrontal?
Postfrontal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near postfrontal in the dictionary

  1. postfoveal
  2. postfracture
  3. postfreeze
  4. postfreezing
  5. postfrons
  6. postfrontal
  7. postfrontals
  8. postfuck
  9. postfulguration
  10. postfunctionalization
  11. postfunctionalizations

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