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Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair..

Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.

Prothorax :: Prothorax (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

Cephalosome :: Cephalosome (n.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

Disk :: Disk (n.) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones..

Metapophysis :: Metapophysis (n.) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebr/; a mammillary process.

Preoblongata :: Preoblongata (n.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.

Sipunculacea :: Sipunculacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly..

Lore :: Lore (n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Labellum :: Labellum (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape..

Bicolligate :: Bicolligate (v. t.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

Brain :: Brain (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

Prepenial :: Prepenial (a.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis..

Preaxial :: Preaxial (a.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Sacrovertebral :: Sacrovertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle..

Preoperculum :: Preoperculum (n.) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

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