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Before :: Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.

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

Goitre :: Goitre (n.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland..

Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera..

Nostril :: Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..

Prosencephalon :: Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain..

Subnascent :: Subnasal (a.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture..

Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.

Suprarenal :: Suprapubic (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone..

Masked :: Masked (a.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

Anterior :: Anterior (a.) Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

Preoral :: Preoral (a.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands..

Praenares :: Praenares (n. pl.) The anterior nares. See Nares.

Azoic :: Azoic (a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks..

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Prosoma :: Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod..

Facies :: Facies (n.) The anterior part of the head; the face.

Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..

Cerebrum :: Cerebrum (n.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain..

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