aboral
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
ab- (“away from”) + oral (“the mouth”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
aboral (comparative more aboral, superlative most aboral)
- (zoology) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:
