Preventral
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Preventral is a noun meaning In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
Meaning
In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
Word Forms
- preventrals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intersupraocular, prenasal, postnasal, anteroventral, paravermis, antecosta.
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