Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, the vomer; the anterior median bone of the cranium, immediately behind and below the maxillary bones.
- Being before or in front.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Being before, or in front.
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- adjective Located
before , orin front .
Etymologies
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Latin antea, ante, before. Compare ancient.
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Examples
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"Body broadly ovate, elevated and truncate posteriorly; back oblique; dorsal impression lanceolate; scutab area very slightly excavated; ambulacral spaces broad, triangular, depressed; interambulacral spaces slightly convex; anteal furrow broad and shallow, sides slightly gibbous; sub-anal impressions broadly ob-cordate; post-oral spinous space broadly lanceolate.
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