anal
adjective
of, relating to, involving, or near the anus.
preanal
-
a word derived from
anal.
Example Sentences
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Colour, grey; sides with small granules; thumb short; chin-shields four; tail rounded with transverse series of small spines; femoral and preanal pores in a continuous line.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent
The conversion of the posterior end of the simple individual into a sexual region is dispensed with; but from a preanal budding segment a series of sexual buds are produced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Known causes for atypical numbers of preanal scale rows are listed in Table 4.
From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Charles J. Cole
The number of preanal scale rows is more variable; counts of 14 through 17 were recorded.
From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Charles J. Cole
A preanal count at one head length anterior to the anus would have omitted most of the above variation in numbers of preanal scale rows.
From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Charles J. Cole
