octavolateral

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Etymology[edit]

octavo- +‎ lateral

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Adjective[edit]

octavolateral (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.