anteapical

English

Etymology

From ante- +‎ apical.

Adjective

anteapical (comparative more anteapical, superlative most anteapical)

(anatomy) Located in front of an apex.
Synonym: preapical

Antonym: postapical
- 1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: New York Entomological Society, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 127:
  Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous.

Related terms

subapical

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