precranial

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adjective

Before (in front of) the cranium

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Meanings

adjectiveprecranial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore (in front of) the cranium

    Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.

    2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + cranial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with precranial

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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