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Lambdoidal

Lamb-doid′al

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Lambdoid
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Definition 2024


lambdoidal

lambdoidal

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Adjective

lambdoidal (not comparable)

  1. lambdoid
    • 2001 January 12, Milford H. Wolpoff et al., “Modern Human Ancestry at the Peripheries: A Test of the Replacement Theory”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, DOI:10.1126/science.291.5502.293, pages 293-297:
      Examination of characteristics said to be unique for Neandertals (22 ) indicates that Mlade 6 has a suprainiac fossa of elliptical form, extensive lambdoidal flattening, and a short posterior face on the occiput.