precranial

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ cranial.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəl

Adjective

precranial (not comparable)

1. Before (in front of) the cranium
   • 2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.