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n. - Any shape that is triangular in cross section.

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  • The cuneus is a wedge-shaped area between the calcarine fissure and the medial part of the parietoöccipital fissure.
  • Appendix: a supplementary or additional piece or part, added to or attached to another: in Heteroptera; = cuneus, q.v. Appress - ed: to press against; closely applied to.
  • There were also some further internal arrangements, for Augustus separated married from unmarried men, and assigned a separate cuneus to youths, near whom their tutors...
  • Embolium: Heteroptera; the narrow sclerite extending along the anterior margin of the hemelytra, from base to cuneus or membrane: the lobes on each side of the...
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