- 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...
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their dentaries. The
mandible opened and
closed in a
simple vertical or "
orthal" up-and-down movement. The
vertebral column of
pterosaurs numbered between...
-
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...
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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...
-
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...
- 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...
- stegodontids, with this
oblique movement being combined with
vertical (
orthal)
motion that
served to
crush food. Like
modern elephants and
other members...
- shrubs. The jaws of
mammutids are
adapted to
powerful vertical biting (
orthal movement) that
served to
crush food
items and to a
considerably lesser extent...
- megalonychids,
Eucholoeops likely fed
primarily on leaves,
relying primarily on
orthal (up-and-down)
movements of the jaw to
process food. Its
teeth would have...
-
apical wear
facets on the
teeth and
distinctive bone
structure that
suggests orthal, vertical, jaw action. In addition, the
characteristic long
necks of brachiosaurids...
