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procurved

procurved adjective: curved forward.

Adjective

procurved (comparative more procurved, superlative most procurved)

  1. curved forward
    • The new taxon is apomorphic in having epiparietals at loci 2 and 3 developed as broad-based, pachyostotic processes that are strongly procurved anterodorsally to overhang the posterior and lateral parietal rami, and an ischium with a broad, rectangular distal terminus.2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the...

Forms of procurved

comparativemore procurved
superlativemost procurved

Origin of procurved

From pro- + curved.

Questions about procurved

What does procurved mean?
Procurved means curved forward.
What part of speech is procurved?
Procurved is an adjective.

Words near procurved in the dictionary

  1. procureur
  2. procureurs
  3. procuring
  4. procurings
  5. procursive
  6. procurved
  7. procuticle
  8. procuticles
  9. procuticular
  10. procyanidin
  11. procyanidins

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