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profixigenal

profixigenal adjective: relating to or situated on the anterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite.

Adjective

profixigenal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or situated on the anterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite.
    • There are two profixigenal spines in meraspid cranidia up to 2.5 mm in sagittal length, one pair in larger cranidia of both species.1997, Ronald P. Tripp, David M. Rudkin, William R. Evitt, “Silicified trilobites of the genus Sphaerocoryphe from the Middle Ordovician of Virginia”, in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, volume 34...

Origin of profixigenal

From pro- + fixigenal.

Questions about profixigenal

What does profixigenal mean?
Profixigenal means relating to or situated on the anterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite.
What part of speech is profixigenal?
Profixigenal is an adjective.

Words near profixigenal in the dictionary

  1. Profitt
  2. profitted
  3. profitting
  4. Profitts
  5. profitwise
  6. profixigenal
  7. proflavin
  8. proflavine
  9. proflazepam
  10. profligacies
  11. profligacy

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