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postequatorial en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + equatorial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Behind an imaginary line or plane that divides the front and back of the body.
    • Lemnisci filiform and very long. 3 genital glands postequatorial and occupying scarcely one-fourth of body cavity. Testes very elongate. 1925, National Institutes of Health Bulletin, numbers 141-145, page 165:
    • The postequatorial horn varies generally about 60; the breadth 50 — 60 […] 1908, Plankton Investigations of the Danish Lakes, volumes 1-2, page 66: