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Superior :: Superior (a.) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

Opisthotic :: Opisthotic (n.) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.

Ischium :: Ischium (n.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..

Uvula :: Uvula (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

Swallow-tailed :: Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe..

Telotrochous :: Telotrochous (a.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.

Metapterygium :: Metapterygium (n.) The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.

Opisthion :: Opisthion (n.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull..

Hypotarsus :: Hypotarsus (n.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

Uvea :: Uvea (n.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

Posterior :: Posterior (a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.

Backside :: Backside (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal..

Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..

Taxaspidean :: Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds..

Proctucha :: Proctucha (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.

Urostyle :: Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

Posteriority :: Posteriority (n.) The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority..

Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

Hindgut :: Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also..

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