Precotylar

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    anterior to a cotyle not-comparable

    "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 ])."

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"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 ])."

Etymology

From pre- + cotylar.

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