English Explanatory Dictionary

canthal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
adj
  1. Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid).

Pronunciation

/ˈkæn.θəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canthal.wav

Word forms

canthal canthals

Etymology

From canthus + -al. By surface analysis, canth- + -al.

Derived words

canthal tilt intercanthal intracanthal subcanthal
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