prepubisn.
/priːˈpjuːbɪs/, U.S. /priˈpjubəs/ 1. Palaeontology. The anterior ramus of the pubis, esp. in ornithischian dinosaurs.
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > saurian or dinosaur > parts of
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [noun] > hip bone > innominate bone > pubis
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1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 65 This process appears to be the homologue of the prae-pubis (so-called) in the Stegosauria and Ornithopoda among Deinosauria.
1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 862 The..anterior process of the os pubis..is the element which in Dinosaurs is described as the ‘præpubis’.
1924 R. S. Lull in M. R. Thorpe Org. Adaptation to Environment vii. 236 The pubis [in ornithischian dinosaurs] has two branches, a forwardly directed prepubis, and a slender postpubis.
1999 Annales de Paleontologie 85 85 The left prepubis bears two transversely oriented tooth punctures.
2. Zoology. In non-placental mammals and some amphibians and reptiles: a cartilage or bone anterior to the pubis; = epipubis n. Cf. marsupial bone n. at marsupial adj. and n. Compounds 1a.
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the world > animals > amphibians > [noun] > member of (amphibian) > parts of
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pylangium1874
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hedonic gland1901
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > parts of
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1931 G. K. Noble Biol. Amphibia x. 240 A prepubis may have been a primitive character of modern Amphibia.
1969 Nature 14 June 1091/1 I report the presence of the so-called marsupial bone (praepubis or epipubis) in the skeleton of K. dashzevegi. This bone has never before been found in fossil Multituberculata material.
1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 210 A pair of ‘marsupial bones’ (prepubes) extends forward from the pubes and supports the body wall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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