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ranines

ranines is the plural of ranine.

Meaning of ranine

Noun

ranine (plural ranines)

  1. A frog of the subfamily Raninae.
    • In the Cenozoic, extensive radiation took place in this family in Africa among the endemic phrynobatrachines, arthroleptines, hemisines, and the more wide-ranging ranines.1973, Jay M[athers] Savage, “Ranidae”, in James L. Vial, editor, Evolutionary Biology of the Anurans: Contemporary Research on Major Problems, Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, part...
  2. (archaic) A ranine artery or vein.
    • The tongue is largely supplied by blood vessels, its arteries being branches of the ranine and labial, and its veins emptying into the great linguals which proceed to the external jugular; […]1842, “Tongue”, in W[illiam] T[homas] Brande, Joseph Cauvin, editors, A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of...

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What is ranines the plural of?
Ranines is the plural of ranine.

Words near ranines in the dictionary

  1. Ranikhet
  2. Ranikhet disease
  3. Ranil
  4. ranimustine
  5. ranine
  6. ranines
  7. raninid
  8. raninids
  9. Ranipet
  10. ranirestat
  11. ranis

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