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pregnathal

pregnathal adjective: anterior to the jaw (typically, in insects).

Adjective

pregnathal (not comparable)

  1. anterior to the jaw (typically, in insects)

Origin of pregnathal

From pre- + gnathal.

Questions about pregnathal

What does pregnathal mean?
Pregnathal means anterior to the jaw (typically, in insects).
What part of speech is pregnathal?
Pregnathal is an adjective.

Words near pregnathal in the dictionary

  1. pregnantness
  2. pregnants
  3. pregnate
  4. pregnated
  5. pregnates
  6. pregnathal
  7. pregnating
  8. pregnation
  9. pregnatriene
  10. pregnatrienes
  11. pregnaunt

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