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distodorsally

distodorsally adverb: in a distodorsal direction.

Adverb

distodorsally (not comparable)

  1. In a distodorsal direction
    • Palpus: femur proximally slender, distally much thickened and curved approximately 45 degrees, extending above surface of carapace a distance equal to 1.5 times the height of the eye tubercle; armed distodorsally with small tubercles, distal ring of tubercles lacking, ventrally unarmed.1934, The American Midland Naturalist, University of Notre Dame, page 674
    • Peropod 3 similar to pereopod 2, but merus additionally with spiniform seta ventrally, and carpus with seven spiniform setae distoventrally and distodorsally.2008, Nile Bruce, Advances in the Taxonomy and Biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere, page 166

Origin of distodorsally

From distodorsal + -ly.

Questions about distodorsally

What does distodorsally mean?
Distodorsally means in a distodorsal direction.
What part of speech is distodorsally?
Distodorsally is an adverb.

Words near distodorsally in the dictionary

  1. distoclusal
  2. distoclusion
  3. distoclusions
  4. distocoronal
  5. distodorsal
  6. distodorsally
  7. distofacial
  8. distogingival
  9. distogram
  10. distograms
  11. distoincisal

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