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Definition of posterior
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Posterior
(a.)
Situated
behind;
hinder;
--
opposed
to
anterior.
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A Posteriori
::
A
posteriori
()
Characterizing
that kind of
reasoning
which
derives
propositions
from the
observation
of
facts,
or by
generalizations
from facts
arrives
at
principles
and
definitions,
or
infers
causes
from
effects.
This is the
reverse
of a
priori
reasoning..
Pleurotoma
::
Pleurotoma
(n.) Any
marine
gastropod
belonging
to
Pleurotoma,
and ether
allied
genera
of the
family
Pleurotmidae.
The
species
are very
numerous,
especially
in
tropical
seas. The outer lip has
usually
a
posterior
notch or
slit..
Flea-beetle
::
Flea-beetle
(n.) A small
beetle
of the
family
Halticidae,
of many
species.
They have
strong
posterior
legs and leap like
fleas.
The
turnip
flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta
vittata)
and that of the
grapevine
(Graptodera
chalybea)
are
common
injurious
species..
Uvula
::
Uvula (n.) The
pendent
fleshy
lobe in the
middle
of the
posterior
border
of the soft
palate.
Trapezium
::
Trapezium
(n.) A
region
on the
ventral
side of the
brain,
either
just back of the pons
Varolii,
or, as in man,
covered
by the
posterior
extension
of its
transverse
fibers..
Postcommissure
::
Postcommissure
(n.) A
transverse
commisure
in the
posterior
part of the roof of the third
ventricle
of the
brain;
the
posterior
cerebral
commisure.
Opisthion
::
Opisthion
(n.) The
middle
of the
posterior,
or
dorsal,
margin
of the great
foramen
of the
skull..
Opisthotic
::
Opisthotic
(n.) The
inferior
and
posterior
of the three
elements
forming
the
periotic
bone.
Metabranchial
::
Metabranchial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the lobe of the
carapace
of crabs
covering
the
posterior
branchiae.
Platycoelian
::
Platycoelian
(a.) Flat at the
anterior
and
concave
at the
posterior
end; -- said of the
centra
of the
vertebrae
of some
extinct
dinouaurs.
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..
Ischium
::
Ischium
(n.) The
ventral
and
posterior
of the three
principal
bones
composing
either
half of the
pelvis;
seat bone; the
huckle
bone.
Spadix
::
Spadix
(n.) A
special
organ of the
nautilus,
due to a
modification
of the
posterior
tentacles..
Pygal
::
Pygal (a.)
Situated
in the
region
of the rump, or
posterior
end of the
backbone;
--
applied
especially
to the
posterior
median
plates
in the
carapace
of
chelonians..
Opisthopulmonate
::
Opisthopulmonate
(a.)
Having
the
pulmonary
sac
situated
posteriorly;
-- said of
certain
air-breathing
Mollusca.
Antitragus
::
Antitragus
(n.) A
prominence
on the lower
posterior
portion
of the
concha
of the
external
ear,
opposite
the
tragus.
See Ear..
Pygostyle
::
Pygostyle
(n.) The plate of bone which forms the
posterior
end of the
vertebral
column
in most
birds;
the
plowshare
bone; the
vomer.
It is
formed
by the union of a
number
of the last
caudal
vertebrae,
and
supports
the
uropigium..
Turnus
::
Turnus
(n.) A
common,
large,
handsome,
American
swallowtail
butterfly,
now
regarded
as one of the forms of
Papilio,
/
Jasoniades,
glaucus.
The wings are
yellow,
margined
and
barred
with
black,
and with an
orange-red
spot near the
posterior
angle of the hind
wings.
Called
also tiger
swallowtail.
See
Illust.
under
Swallowtail..
Cestraciont
::
Cestraciont
(n.) A shark of the genus
Cestracion,
and of
related
genera.
The
posterior
teeth form a
pavement
of bony
plates
for
crushing
shellfish.
Most of the
species
are
extinct.
The Port
Jackson
shark and a
similar
one found in
California
are
living
examples..
Pycnaspidean
::
Pycnaspidean
(a.)
Having
the
posterior
side of the
tarsus
covered
with small
irregular
scales;
-- said of
certain
birds.
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