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opisthocline

opisthocline adjective: leaning backwards.

Adjective

opisthocline

  1. leaning backwards

Noun

opisthocline (plural opisthoclines)

  1. The growth line of a helicocone shell

Forms of opisthocline

pluralopisthoclines

Origin of opisthocline

From opistho- + -cline.

Questions about opisthocline

What does opisthocline mean?
Opisthocline means leaning backwards.
What part of speech is opisthocline?
Opisthocline can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near opisthocline in the dictionary

  1. opisthobranch
  2. opisthobranchiate
  3. opisthobranchiates
  4. opisthobranchism
  5. opisthobranchs
  6. opisthocline
  7. opisthoclines
  8. opisthocoelian
  9. opisthocoelous
  10. opisthocoely
  11. opisthocomid

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