Meanings
adjectivepostcervical (not comparable)
- not comparableBeyond the cervix.
Again, although we were unable to sample the entire axial column, the application of this rule and our observations that no postcervical centra were pneumatic suggest that the entire set of postcervical centra were apneumatic in Archaeornithomimus.
2015 December 19, “Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with postcervical
Michaelcyclecervicalrecycleumbilicalendocervicalbuccocervicalcostocervicalcraniocervicaldistocervicaldorsocervicalectocervicalexocervicalextracervicalfaciocervicalintracervicallabiocervicallaterocervicallinguocervicalmidcervicalnoncervicaloccipitocervicalorocervicalparacervical
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postcervical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcervical
MLA
“postcervical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcervical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postcervical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcervical.
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