adoral

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-bor.

English ad-

English oral

English adoral

From ad- + oral.

adoral (not comparable)

Located near the mouth.
- 1977, Earl D. Hanson, The origin and early evolution of animals, Wesleyan:
  The feeding cavity should remain designated as a prostomial cavity, rather than the adoral, or buccal, cavity.
- 1969, Zoologische Mededeelingen:
  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.