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retrolingual

retrolingual adjective: serving to retract the tongue.

Adjective

retrolingual (not comparable)

  1. Serving to retract the tongue.

retrolingual meaning in Tamil

retrolingual in Tamil

நாவுக்குப் பின்புறமான

Origin of retrolingual

From retro- + lingual.

Words that rhyme with retrolingual

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Questions about retrolingual

What does retrolingual mean?
Retrolingual means serving to retract the tongue.
What is retrolingual in Tamil?
Retrolingual in Tamil is நாவுக்குப் பின்புறமான. See Retrolingual meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is retrolingual?
Retrolingual is an adjective.

Words near retrolingual in the dictionary

  1. retrolental
  2. retrolenticular
  3. retroleptomonad
  4. retroleptomonads
  5. retrolimbic
  6. retrolingual
  7. retrolistheses
  8. retrolisthesis
  9. retrolisthetic
  10. retromalleolar
  11. retromammary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retrolingual (page history and authors); retrolingual (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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