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postquadratic

postquadratic adjective: behind the quadrate or the quadratojugal.

Adjective

postquadratic (not comparable)

  1. Behind the quadrate or the quadratojugal
    • The postquadratic process in MOR 2919, Acristavus (MOR 1155), and Brachylophosaurus (MOR 1071-7-7-98-86) is more mediolaterally compressed than in Maiasaura or Prosaurolophus.2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postquadratic

From post- + quadratic.

Questions about postquadratic

What does postquadratic mean?
Postquadratic means behind the quadrate or the quadratojugal.
What part of speech is postquadratic?
Postquadratic is an adjective.

Words near postquadratic in the dictionary

  1. postpycnotic
  2. postpyknotic
  3. postpyloric
  4. postpyretic
  5. postquadrate
  6. postquadratic
  7. postqualification
  8. postqualifying
  9. postquantum
  10. postquasistatic
  11. postqueer

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