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prosthenic

prosthenic adjective: having strong foreparts.

Adjective

prosthenic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
    • The body of Man has retrograded also in being merosthenic in limbs, instead of prosthenic, the hinder limbs being the stronger as well as longer, and the fore limbs comparatively weak.1896, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History

Questions about prosthenic

What does prosthenic mean?
Prosthenic means having strong foreparts.
What part of speech is prosthenic?
Prosthenic is an adjective.

Words near prosthenic in the dictionary

  1. prosthaphaeretic
  2. prosthaphæreses
  3. prosthaphæresis
  4. prostheca
  5. prosthecate
  6. prosthenic
  7. prostheses
  8. prosthesis
  9. prosthetic
  10. prosthetic group
  11. prosthetic groups

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