preheterocercaladj.
/ˌpriːhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsəːkl/, U.S. /ˌpriˌhɛdəroʊˈsərk(ə)l/ Ichthyology. rare.
= protocercal adj. at proto- comb. form 2a.
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1882 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 173 409 Their tail-fin retains the character of the piscine tail prior to the formation of the ventral caudal lobe, a stage which is repeated embryologically in the pre-heterocercal condition of the tail in ordinary Fishes.
1900 Nature 20 Sept. 506/1 The supposition that it represents the original ‘protocercal’ or preheterocercal stage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1882- temporal lobe
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