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adoral en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English oral English adoral From ad- + oral.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Located near the mouth.
    • I now prefer to consider it a specialized adoral seta, presupposed that the rutellum is also a specialized adoral seta. This means that paralabial and adoral are synonymous. 1969, Zoologische Mededeelingen:
    • The feeding cavity should remain designated as a prostomial cavity, rather than the adoral, or buccal, cavity. 1977, Earl D. Hanson, The origin and early evolution of animals, Wesleyan:

Deriveds

adorally

Translations (2)

fi adoraalinen (Translations) · it adorale (Translations)