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Definition of Hypural
1. a. Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.
Definition of Hypural
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Under the tail; applied to the bones that support the caudal fin rays in most fishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypural
1. situated beneath the tail [adj]
Medical Definition of Hypural
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypural
Literary usage of Hypural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1859)
"Immediately behind and above this anterior hypural apo- physis (as it may be
termed) is another («') very much smaller, vertical cartilaginous plate, ..."
2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"The posterior hypural apophysis had greatly enlarged both absolutely and in
relation to the anterior, and traces of a bony deposit on its surface were ..."
3. Scientific Investigations by Great Britain Fishery Board for Scotland, Fishery Board for Scotland (1900)
"hypural ELEMENTS. The terms by which the bones of the posterior region of the
vertebral ... According to Sauvage (47), three types or three forms of hypural ..."
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