Definition of anterior

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Anterior (a.) Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior..

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Mandible :: Mandible (n.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera..
Wing-handed :: Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls..
Nates :: Nates (n. pl.) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
Hypozoic :: Hypozoic (a.) Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains.
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
Isospondylous :: Isospondylous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.
Heterotricha :: Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end..
Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
Platycoelian :: Platycoelian (a.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.
Dermopteran :: Dermopteran (n.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig..
Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Prosobranchiata :: Prosobranchiata (n. pl.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate..
Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..
Cephalothorax :: Cephalothorax (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax..
Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone)..
Keitloa :: Keitloa (n.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer..
Masked :: Masked (a.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Forebrain :: Forebrain (n.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain..
Tapeworm :: Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adh
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