pereional

comparative more pereional · superlative most pereional

1. Of or pertaining to a pereion.

   The head is large, almost circular, twice as long as the first pereional segment.

   1886, Carl Bovallius, Notes on the Family Asellidae, page 51

   2 more examples

   The most obvious is in the structure of the lateral pereional extensions—bifid in C. australis, single in C. unicornis and C. frigida.

   1976, Annals of the South African Museum, volume 69, page 313

   Males and females are similar, although the two males examined have the pereional segments more loosely articulated.

   2001, Brian Frederick Kensley, Isopod Systematics and Evolution, page 59