Definition of ORTHAL. Meaning of ORTHAL. Synonyms of ORTHAL

- loanwords. Y is also used in native words, but is more common in loanwords. Orthal (Orthographe alsacienne) is a revised orthography meant for use by all dialects...
- carnivorans, where it corresponds to a strong and stable scissor-like (orthal) bite. Though the low jaw joint provided more room for the temporalis muscle...
- about one sixth the size of Steropodon's, and wear facets indicate an "orthal" occlusion with the upper molars. The construction of the lower jaw differs...
- apical wear facets on the teeth and distinctive bone structure that suggests orthal, vertical, jaw action. In addition, the characteristic long necks of brachiosaurids...
- their dentaries. The mandible opened and closed in a simple vertical or "orthal" up-and-down movement. The vertebral column of pterosaurs numbered between...
- material and a jaw structure capable of movements in planes other than simply orthal (i.e. not only the fused up-down motion to which stegosaur jaws were likely...
- complex chewing. These ankylosaurids may have also been restricted to simple orthal pulping and might have had to deal with more grit during feeding compared...
- same year, Ali Nabavizadeh concluded that most therizinosaurs were mainly orthal feeders (moving their jaws up and down and not to the sides) and raised...
- premolar was sliced by the bladelike lower pre-molars as the dentary moved orthally (upward). Then the lower jaw moved palinally, grinding the food between...
- of jaw musculature, Ali Nabavizadeh concluded therizinosaurs were mainly orthal feeders—moving their jaws up and down—and raised their jaws isognathously...