"preventral" meaning in All languages combined

See preventral on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: preventrals [plural]
Etymology: pre- + ventral Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|ventral}} pre- + ventral Head templates: {{en-noun}} preventral (plural preventrals)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-preventral-en-noun-389PRA86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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