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palinal

palinal adjective: directed or moved backward.

Adjective

palinal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Directed or moved backward

Origin of palinal

From Ancient Greek.

Words formed from palinal

Questions about palinal

What does palinal mean?
Palinal means directed or moved backward.
What part of speech is palinal?
Palinal is an adjective.

Words near palinal in the dictionary

  1. Palin-ism
  2. Palin-isms
  3. palinacousis
  4. palinactinodromous
  5. palinacusis
  6. palinal
  7. palinally
  8. palinavir
  9. palincestuous
  10. Palindan
  11. palindromatic

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