2. (Zoˆl.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

Pro*cúle" (?), n. [Pref. pro + Gr. &?; hollow.] (Anat.) A lateral

cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G.

Wilder.

||Pro*cú"li*a (?), n.; pl. ProcúliÊ (&?;). [ NL.] (Anat.) Same as

||Procúle.

||Pro*cú"li*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) A division of Crocodilia, including

||the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrÊ are

||concave in front.

Pro*cú"li*an (?), a. [See Procúle.] (Anat & Zoˆl.) Concave in front;

as, procúlian vertebrÊ, which have the anterior end of the centra

concave and the posterior convex.

Pro*cú"li*an, n. (Zoˆl.) A reptile having procúlian vertebrÊ; one of

the Procúlia.

Pro*cú"lous (?), a.Same as Procúlian.

Pro*con"sul (?), n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An

officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself

consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was

usually one who had previously been consul.

{ Pro*con"su*lar (?), Pro*con"su*la*ry (?), } a. [L. proconsularis: cf.

F. proconsulaire.]

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