Postfrontal

Postfrontal
Postfrontal Post*fron"tal, a. [Pref. post- + frontal.] (Anat.) Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n. A postfrontal bone. [1913 Webster]

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