prefemur

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noun

Synonym of ischiopodite.

Similar
ischiopodite
OriginEnglish femur ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

nounprefemur (plural prefemurs)

plural prefemurs

  1. Synonym of ischiopodite.

    Diagnostic characters such as the number of teeth on the coxosternal tooth-plates, tergite margination, and the number of spines on the ultimate leg prefemur showed high variability, as has previously been recognized in various species of Scolopendra [30 ].

    2015 August 14, “The Centipede Genus Scolopendra in Mainland Southeast Asia: Molecular Phylogenetics, Geometric Morphometrics and External Morphology as Tools for Species Delimitation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

    Synonyms: ischiopodite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of ischiopodite.

Similar
ischiopodite

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishfemur
  10. Englishprefemur

From pre- + femur.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

perfumer
Cite this entry
APA

prefemur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefemur

MLA

“prefemur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefemur. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefemur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefemur.

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