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praeocular

praeocular is the alternative form of preocular.

Meaning of preocular

Noun

preocular (plural preoculars)

  1. One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.

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Forms of praeocular

pluralpraeoculars

Questions about praeocular

What is praeocular the alternative form of?
Praeocular is the alternative form of preocular.

Words near praeocular in the dictionary

  1. praenomens
  2. praenomina
  3. praenominal
  4. praenuculid
  5. praenuculids
  6. praeocular
  7. praeopercula
  8. praeopercular
  9. praeoperculum
  10. praeoral
  11. praeponderance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praeocular (page history and authors); preocular (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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