English Explanatory Dictionary

preventral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

preventral preventrals

Etymology

From pre- + ventral.

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