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adj
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: actinal
adjective
(of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: actinal
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab-bor. English ab- English actinal English abactinal From ab- + actinal.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
