Precranial

Origin

- + cranial

Full definition of precranial

Adjective

1. Before (in front of) the cranium
• October 22, 2015, Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela), Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.