CANTHAL

Noun

canthal (plural canthals)

(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.

Adjective

canthal (not comparable)

(anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid)

Anagrams

• Chantal, chalant

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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