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retrodorsal

retrodorsal adjective: behind the backbone.

Adjective

retrodorsal (not comparable)

  1. Behind the backbone

Origin of retrodorsal

From retro- + dorsal.

Words that rhyme with retrodorsal

27 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about retrodorsal

What does retrodorsal mean?
Retrodorsal means behind the backbone.
What part of speech is retrodorsal?
Retrodorsal is an adjective.

Words near retrodorsal in the dictionary

  1. retrodisplacement
  2. retrodisplacements
  3. retrodisplaces
  4. retrodisplacing
  5. retrodocumentation
  6. retrodorsal
  7. retrodorsally
  8. retroduce
  9. retroduced
  10. retroduces
  11. retroducing

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