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sublacrimal

sublacrimal adjective: beneath the lacrimal gland.

Adjective

sublacrimal (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the lacrimal gland
    • The sublacrimal process of the jugal of Dracoraptor is certainly not pointed as it is in some non-coelophysoid theropods, but this process is slender, slightly damaged and it is ambiguous as to whether it is bluntly rounded (Character 23, state 1 Rauhut 2003)[63 ] which is typical for coelophysoids.2016 January 21, “The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of sublacrimal

From sub- + lacrimal.

Words that rhyme with sublacrimal

Questions about sublacrimal

What does sublacrimal mean?
Sublacrimal means beneath the lacrimal gland.
What part of speech is sublacrimal?
Sublacrimal is an adjective.

Words near sublacrimal in the dictionary

  1. sublabial
  2. sublabially
  3. sublabials
  4. sublaciniate
  5. sublaciniated
  6. sublacrimal
  7. sublacunar
  8. sublacune
  9. sublacustric
  10. sublacustrine
  11. sublageniform

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