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
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(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
Translations (2)
fi adoraalinen (Translations) · it adorale (Translations)