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obliquolateral

obliquolateral adjective: oblique and lateral.

Adjective

obliquolateral (not comparable)

  1. oblique and lateral
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Origin of obliquolateral

From obliquo- + lateral.

Words that rhyme with obliquolateral

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Questions about obliquolateral

What does obliquolateral mean?
Obliquolateral means oblique and lateral.
What part of speech is obliquolateral?
Obliquolateral is an adjective.

Words near obliquolateral in the dictionary

  1. obliquid
  2. obliquing
  3. obliquities
  4. obliquitous
  5. obliquity
  6. obliquolateral
  7. obliquotransverse
  8. obliquus
  9. obliquus oculi inferior
  10. obliquus oculi inferiors
  11. obliterable

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