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English
Etymology
From ante- + apical.
Adjective
anteapical (comparative more anteapical, superlative most anteapical)
- (anatomy) Located in front of an apex.
- Synonym: preapical
- Antonym: postapical
1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: New York Entomological Society, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 127:Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous.