Definition of Precaudal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Precaudal

precariously
precariousness
precarity
precast
precasting
precasts
precatalyst
precatalysts
precatalytic
precation
precations
precative
precatively
precatory
precaucus
precaudal (current term)
precaution
precautional
precautionarily
precautionary
precautioned
precautioning
precautions
precautious
precautiously
precautiousness
precava
precavae
precaval
precedaneous

Literary usage of Precaudal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"A, dorsal rays; B, precaudal papilla; D, the ventral lobe of the caudal bursa ... The precaudal papilla; are too delicate to be seen through the thick body. ..."

2. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: With a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The vertebral column is primarily divisible only into a precaudal and a caudal series, there being no sacrum. The centra (fig. ..."

3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The vertebral is primarily divisible only into a precaudal and a caudal there ... cupped or nearly flat either side those of the precaudal series (fig. ..."

4. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"The vertebral column comprises but two regions—caudal and precaudal. ... The remaining precaudal vertebrae are of nearly uniform character (Fig. ..."

5. A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1895)
"The atlas and the odontoid vertebra are similar to those of the Lizards, and the atlas is the only precaudal vertebra which is devoid of ribs. ..."

6. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1901)
"There are only thirty-two precaudal vertebra. 11. The feathers are devoid of an ... 10. There are thirty-five precaudal vertebrae. ..."

7. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"All the precaudal vertebrae, except the atlas, ... Tail elongate, as long as the precaudal series of vertebrae, more or less compressed, with elongated ..."

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