Crestal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Crestal is an adjective meaning That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest.
Meaning
That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A scale located on the crest.
Example Sentences
Microbial samples and peri-implant crestal bone levels of all implant sites were obtained before, during and after the breakdown period.
In the arrangement of the crestals Shinisaurus closely resembles Xenosaurus (in which genus, however, the crestals are blunt and resemble ornamental tack heads) […]
Word Forms
- crestals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crestiform, cristal, cristate, coronate, supracrystal, crestfallen.
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