interfrontaladj.
/ɪntəˈfrɒntəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Situated between the right and left frontal bones, or portions of the frontal bone, or of the ‘front’ of an insect.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Interfrontalis, applied by Robineau-Desvoidy to two pieces, more or less developed, in the Myodariæ [an order of Diptera]..at the anterior part of the front and which are sometimes interposed between the frontal portions in their whole length: interfrontal.
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