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proteroglyphous

proteroglyphous adjective: having shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang that forms a hollow needle for injecting venom.

Adjective

proteroglyphous (not comparable)

  1. Having shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang that forms a hollow needle for injecting venom.

Origin of proteroglyphous

From proteroglyph + -ous.

Questions about proteroglyphous

What does proteroglyphous mean?
Proteroglyphous means having shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang that forms a hollow needle for injecting venom.
What part of speech is proteroglyphous?
Proteroglyphous is an adjective.

Words near proteroglyphous in the dictionary

  1. proterochampsians
  2. proterochampsid
  3. proterochampsids
  4. proterodynamic
  5. proteroglyph
  6. proteroglyphous
  7. proteroglyphs
  8. proterogynous
  9. proterogyny
  10. proterogyrinid
  11. proterogyrinids

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