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precotyloid

precotyloid adjective: anterior to a cotyloid structure.

Adjective

precotyloid (not comparable)

  1. anterior to a cotyloid structure
    • Abbreviations: Bso, basioccipital; bpt.pr, basipterygoid process; Bsp, basisphenoid; b.t., basal tubera; Exo, exoccipital; F, frontal; i.c, groove for the inter carotid; Lsp, laterosphenoid; m.pr, median process; ol.t, olfactory tract; Op, opisthostic; Osp, orbitosphenoid; P, parietal; Pro...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 precotyloid

From pre- + cotyloid.

Questions about precotyloid

What does precotyloid mean?
Precotyloid means anterior to a cotyloid structure.
What part of speech is precotyloid?
Precotyloid is an adjective.

Words near precotyloid in the dictionary

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

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