canthal
/ˈkæn.θəl/noun, adjective
canthal is a noun meaning “Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-N-T-H-A-L, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of canthal is canthals.
What does canthal mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce canthal?
- /ˈkæn.θəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-canthal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of canthal
- canthals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is canthal?
Canthal appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does canthal come from?
From canthus + -al. By surface analysis, canth- + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).