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Definition of Nuchals
1. nuchal [n] - See also: nuchal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuchals
Literary usage of Nuchals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Description of a New Species of Sea Snake from the Philippine Islands: With by John Van Denburgh, Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
"There are two pairs of nuchals. two ... two or three nuchals: interparietal about
twice as long as broad; ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"pairs of enlarged nuchals; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye,
separated by a series of ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"... nearly as long as its distance from the nuchals, in contact with the the ...
the interparietal; three or four pairs of nuchals; five upper labials, ..."
4. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... fronto-parietals smaller than interparietal, which is as long as the parietals
and broadly in contact behind with the nuchals; parietals not in contact ..."
5. Herpetology of Porto Rico by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1904)
"nuchals seem to predominate in Jamaican specimens, while suprana- sals in contact
and two nuchals belong more to the eastern form. During my visit to Berlin ..."
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