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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

abactinal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈæˌbæk.tə.nl̩/ (General-American)
  • /æˈbæk.tə.nl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˌæˌbækˈtaɪ.nl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈæˌbækˌtaɪ.nl̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
    • The so-called mouth is always placed at one end of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area, and the opposite side the aboral or abactinal area. 1857, Louis Agassiz, Contributions to Natural History, volume 4, page 376:

Antonyms

actinal

Deriveds

abactinally

Translations (4)

id abaktinal (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal) · nl abactinaal (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal) · pt abactinal (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal) · gv gyn goullyn (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal)