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juxta

juxta noun: in males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.

Noun

juxta (plural juxtae)

  1. In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.
    • The juxta is simple.1971, The Moths of America North of Mexico, Including Greenland, page 73

Preposition

juxta

  1. Near, alongside, next to.
    • From Bodenick in Lanteglos juxta Fowey, the same as Leland's Bodeneck and Bodennck.1870, Richard Stephen Charnock, Patronymica Cornu-Britannica, page 7

juxta meaning in Tamil

juxta in Tamil

அடுத்து, அருகில்

Forms of juxta

pluraljuxtae

Origin of juxta

From Latin iuxta.

Questions about juxta

What does juxta mean?
Juxta means in males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.
What is juxta in Tamil?
Juxta in Tamil is அடுத்து, அருகில். See Juxta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is juxta?
Juxta can be a noun or a preposition.
What is the plural of juxta?
The plural of juxta is juxtae.

Words near juxta in the dictionary

  1. Juwuri
  2. jux
  3. juxed
  4. juxes
  5. juxing
  6. juxta
  7. juxta-
  8. juxta-articular
  9. juxta-posed
  10. juxta-position
  11. juxta-positions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: juxta (page history and authors); juxta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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