precranial en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + cranial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before (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: