precotylar

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adjective

anterior to a cotyle

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Meanings

adjectiveprecotylar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanterior to a cotyle

    Caudal to the precotylar process, there is a glenoid fossa for the dorsal end of the quadrate, called a quadrate cotylus (Figs 2B and3 ; [32 ]).

    2015 December 31, “A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + cotylar.

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APA

precotylar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precotylar

MLA

“precotylar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precotylar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precotylar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precotylar.

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