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propalinal

propalinal adjective: moving backward and forward, as the underjaw does during mastication.

Adjective

propalinal (not comparable)

  1. Moving backward and forward, as the underjaw does during mastication.

Origin of propalinal

From pro- + palinal.

Questions about propalinal

What does propalinal mean?
Propalinal means moving backward and forward, as the underjaw does during mastication.
What part of speech is propalinal?
Propalinal is an adjective.

Words near propalinal in the dictionary

  1. propaideia
  2. propalation
  3. propale
  4. propaled
  5. propales
  6. propalinal
  7. propaling
  8. propalticid
  9. propalticids
  10. propamidine
  11. propamocarb

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