precranial

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ cranial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

precranial (not comparable)

  1. Before (in front of) the cranium
    • 2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.