precoronoid

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ coronoid

Adjective

precoronoid (not comparable)

  1. In front of the coronoid
    • 2015 September 11, “New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      The tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaws are short so that the postcoronoid portion is longer than the precoronoid one.
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