preventral

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ ventral

Noun

preventral (plural preventrals)

  1. In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
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