canthal

English

Noun

canthal (plural canthals)

(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.

Adjective

canthal (not comparable)

(anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chantal, chalant

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