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anterodorsal

anterodorsal adjective: in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine).

Adjective

anterodorsal (not comparable)

  1. in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)
    • The difference between the kloedenellids and the geisinids, as defined, is the development of an anterodorsal process in the former.1978, Robert Vernon Kesling, Ruth B. Chilman, Ostracods of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation

Origin of anterodorsal

From antero- + dorsal.

Words formed from anterodorsal

Words that rhyme with anterodorsal

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Questions about anterodorsal

What does anterodorsal mean?
Anterodorsal means in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine).
What part of speech is anterodorsal?
Anterodorsal is an adjective.

Words near anterodorsal in the dictionary

  1. anteroconid
  2. anteroconids
  3. anterocubital
  4. anterodistal
  5. anterodistally
  6. anterodorsal
  7. anterodorsally
  8. anterodorsolateral
  9. anterodorsolaterally
  10. anterodorsomedial
  11. anterodorsomedially

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