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canthal

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkæn.θəl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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History

Etymology

From canthus + -al. By surface analysis, canth- + -al.