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postrostral

postrostral adjective: behind the rostrum.

Adjective

postrostral (not comparable)

  1. Behind the rostrum
    • This clade is also supported by the following synapomorphies common for both morpho analyses: (3, 9) laterally compressed and ventrally carinate rostrum, (15) presence of postrostral dorsal carina extending beyond the midlength of carapace.2015 July 11, “Phylogeny and New Classification of Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Shrimps of the Family Alvinocarididae (Decapoda)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postrostral

From post- + rostral.

Words that rhyme with postrostral

Questions about postrostral

What does postrostral mean?
Postrostral means behind the rostrum.
What part of speech is postrostral?
Postrostral is an adjective.

Words near postrostral in the dictionary

  1. postromantic
  2. postromanticism
  3. postromantics
  4. postroom
  5. postrooms
  6. postrostral
  7. postrotatory
  8. postround
  9. postrubella
  10. postrubeolar
  11. posts

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