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Pycnaspidean :: Pycnaspidean (a.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.

Suboctave :: Suboccipital (a.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve..

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

Opisthopulmonate :: Opisthopulmonate (a.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca.

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair..

Palatonares :: Palatonares (n. pl.) The posterior nares. See Nares.

Postsphenoid :: Postsphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

Holaspidean :: Holaspidean (a.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Hindbrain :: Hindbrain (n.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only..

Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..

Tristoma :: Tristoma (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes..

Long :: Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest..

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

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..

Opisthocoelous :: Opisthocoelous (a.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

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

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

Rhinoscopy :: Rhinoscopy (n.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx..

Procoelian :: Procoelian (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex..

Spadix :: Spadix (n.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles..

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