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pretectal

pretectal adjective: of or pertaining to the pretectum.

Adjective

pretectal (comparative more pretectal, superlative most pretectal)

  1. Of or pertaining to the pretectum.

pretectal meaning in Tamil

pretectal in Tamil

மூடிக்கு முன் அமைந்த

Forms of pretectal

comparativemore pretectal
superlativemost pretectal

Origin of pretectal

From pre- + tectal.

Questions about pretectal

What does pretectal mean?
Pretectal means of or pertaining to the pretectum.
What is pretectal in Tamil?
Pretectal in Tamil is மூடிக்கு முன் அமைந்த. See Pretectal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pretectal?
Pretectal is an adjective.

Words near pretectal in the dictionary

  1. pretazettine
  2. Prete
  3. pretechnical
  4. pretechnological
  5. pretecta
  6. pretectal
  7. pretectonic
  8. pretectum
  9. preteen
  10. preteenage
  11. preteenager

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretectal (page history and authors); pretectal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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