Definition of lateral

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Lateral (a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial..

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Hipparion :: Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family..
Margin :: Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc..
Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Pleuron :: Pleuron (n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Raceme :: Raceme (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry..
Pedate :: Pedate (a.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf..
Ichthyopterygium :: Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes..
Bilaterality :: Bilaterality (n.) State of being bilateral.
Unilateral :: Unilateral (a.) Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
Hyopastron :: Hyopastron (n.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..
Mastax :: Mastax (n.) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food..
Septilateral :: Septilateral (a.) Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure..
Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..
Sidelong :: Sidelong (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
Septi- :: Septi- () A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided..
Side :: Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral..
Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..
Equilateral :: Equilateral (a.) Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon..
Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..
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