prokineticadj.
/ˌprəʊkʌɪˈnɛtɪk/, /ˌprəʊkᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊkəˈnɛdɪk/ Zoology.
Relating to, involving, or exhibiting prokinesis.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > of parts of
pleurodont1840
prokinetic1960
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of part or process of
cerigerous1856
cereless1862
tomial1866
cerous1869
paragnathous1872
sinuate1872
ceral1874
interramal1874
palaeognathous1933
prokinetic1960
rhynchokinetic1960
1960 Q. Rev. Biol. 35 219/2 In view of the fact that there are so many differences in the actual operation of kinesis in the various orders [of birds], I doubt if the terms pro- and rhyncho-kinetic actually are morphologically meaningful.
1974 P. J. K. Burton Feeding & Feeding Apparatus in Waders ii. 35 An important feature of rhynchokinesis is that the pivots about which the two jaws move are relatively much further apart than in prokinetic species.
2000 Nature 27 Jan. 418/2 The snout is rigidly attached to the frontal..at a vertical frontonasal suture; the frontonasal (prokinetic) joint of modern snakes is thus poorly developed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1960