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preventrals

preventrals is the plural of preventral.

Meaning of preventral

Noun

preventral (plural preventrals)

  1. In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.

Questions about preventrals

What is preventrals the plural of?
Preventrals is the plural of preventral.

Words near preventrals in the dictionary

  1. preventorium
  2. preventoriums
  3. preventors
  4. preventory
  5. preventral
  6. preventrals
  7. preventricular
  8. prevents
  9. preventure
  10. preverb
  11. preverbal

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