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anteal

anteal adjective: located before, or in front.

Adjective

anteal (not comparable)

  1. Located before, or in front.
    • Shell transverse , equivalve , inequilateral , with a large oblique anteal opening1828, John Fleming, History of British Animals

Origin of anteal

From Latin antea (“before”) + -al. Compare ancient.

Words formed from anteal

Questions about anteal

What does anteal mean?
Anteal means located before, or in front.
What part of speech is anteal?
Anteal is an adjective.

Words near anteal in the dictionary

  1. ante-rooms
  2. ante-up
  3. ante-upping
  4. anteact
  5. anteacts
  6. anteal
  7. anteally
  8. anteapical
  9. anteater
  10. anteater chat
  11. anteater dick

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