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octavolateral

octavolateral adjective: octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.

Adjective

octavolateral (not comparable)

  1. octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.

Origin of octavolateral

From octavo- + lateral.

Words that rhyme with octavolateral

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Questions about octavolateral

What does octavolateral mean?
Octavolateral means octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.
What part of speech is octavolateral?
Octavolateral is an adjective.

Words near octavolateral in the dictionary

  1. octavins
  2. octavius
  3. octavo
  4. octavofinal
  5. octavofinals
  6. octavolateral
  7. octavos
  8. octaword
  9. OCTB
  10. octenal
  11. octenals

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