Epural
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Epural is an adjective meaning On the dorsal side of the tail.
Meaning
On the dorsal side of the tail.
More Meanings
- A boney or cartilaginous neural spine on the epural side of a fish's axial column, sometimes supporting fin-rays.
Example Sentences
Presence of two epurals is the more likely derived condition for stomiiforms based on functional outgroup comparison to Diplophos and Manducus.
The opercular bone is reduced and the suboperculum enlarged, and the caudal skeleton is unique in having only two free epural bones, with the third, anteriormost one fused to the second preural centrum.
Word Forms
- epurals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subcaudal, pericaudal, caudoventral, caudodorsal, supracaudal, caudodistal.
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