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anterior 1. Zoology of or near the head end 2. Botany (of part of a flower or leaf) situated farthest away from the main stem anterior [an′tir·ē·ər] (zoology) Situated near or toward the front or head of an animal body. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Kirby has remarked (and I have observed the same fact) that the anterior tarsi, or feet, of many male dung-feeding beetles are very often broken off; he examined seventeen specimens in his own collection, and not one had even a relic left. For nature (as the physicians allege) having intended the superior anterior orifice only for the intromission of solids and liquids, and the inferior posterior for ejection, these artists ingeniously considering that in all diseases nature is forced out of her seat, therefore, to replace her in it, the body must be treated in a manner directly contrary, by interchanging the use of each orifice; forcing solids and liquids in at the anus, and making evacuations at the mouth. At present, a large part of the vacant Western territory is, by cession at least, if not by any anterior right, the common property of the Union. |
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