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precoronoid

precoronoid adjective: in front of the coronoid.

Adjective

precoronoid (not comparable)

  1. In front of the coronoid
    • The tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaws are short so that the postcoronoid portion is longer than the precoronoid one.2015 September 11, “New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of precoronoid

From pre- + coronoid.

Questions about precoronoid

What does precoronoid mean?
Precoronoid means in front of the coronoid.
What part of speech is precoronoid?
Precoronoid is an adjective.

Words near precoronoid in the dictionary

  1. precornu
  2. precornua
  3. precoronal
  4. precoronation
  5. precoronavirus
  6. precoronoid
  7. precorrect
  8. precorrected
  9. precorrecting
  10. precorrection
  11. precorrections

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