Meanings
adjectiveventrocranial (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the front of the cranium
A hook-like process along the ventrocranial margin of the centrum resembles a cranially placed and well-developed hypapophysis like that present caudally in the cervicals of the drepanosauromorphs [46 ].
2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ventrocranial
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APA
ventrocranial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventrocranial
MLA
“ventrocranial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventrocranial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ventrocranial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventrocranial.
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