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postequatorial

postequatorial adjective: behind an imaginary line or plane that divides the front and back of the body.

Adjective

postequatorial (not comparable)

  1. Behind an imaginary line or plane that divides the front and back of the body.
    • The postequatorial horn varies generally about 60; the breadth 50 — 60 […]1908, Plankton Investigations of the Danish Lakes, volumes 1-2, page 66
    • Lemnisci filiform and very long. 3 genital glands postequatorial and occupying scarcely one-fourth of body cavity. Testes very elongate.1925, National Institutes of Health Bulletin, numbers 141-145, page 165

Origin of postequatorial

From post- + equatorial.

Questions about postequatorial

What does postequatorial mean?
Postequatorial means behind an imaginary line or plane that divides the front and back of the body.
What part of speech is postequatorial?
Postequatorial is an adjective.

Words near postequatorial in the dictionary

  1. postepidural
  2. postepileptic
  3. postepisode
  4. postepisodic
  5. postepistemological
  6. postequatorial
  7. poster
  8. poster boy
  9. poster boys
  10. poster child
  11. poster children

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