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precotylar

precotylar adjective: anterior to a cotyle.

Adjective

precotylar (not comparable)

  1. anterior to a cotyle
    • Caudal to the precotylar process, there is a glenoid fossa for the dorsal end of the quadrate, called a quadrate cotylus (Figs 2B and3 ; [32 ]).2015 December 31, “A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of precotylar

From pre- + cotylar.

Questions about precotylar

What does precotylar mean?
Precotylar means anterior to a cotyle.
What part of speech is precotylar?
Precotylar is an adjective.

Words near precotylar in the dictionary

  1. precortically
  2. precosmic
  3. precosmical
  4. precosmogonic
  5. precostal
  6. precotylar
  7. precotyledonary
  8. precotyloid
  9. precounsel
  10. precounseled
  11. precounseling

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