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rursiradiate

rursiradiate adjective: inclined backward.

Adjective

rursiradiate (not comparable)

  1. Inclined backward.
    • They are rursiradiate on the middle of the flank and become prorsiradiate towards the venter.2016 January 14, “Paleobiology of the Latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) Ammonite Salinites grossicostatum Inferred from Internal and External Shell Parameters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of rursiradiate

Ultimately from Latin rūrsus + radiate.

Questions about rursiradiate

What does rursiradiate mean?
Rursiradiate means inclined backward.
What part of speech is rursiradiate?
Rursiradiate is an adjective.

Words near rursiradiate in the dictionary

  1. rurnt
  2. ruroid
  3. ruroids
  4. rurp
  5. RURPs
  6. rursiradiate
  7. ruru
  8. rurus
  9. Rus
  10. rus in urbe
  11. Rus'

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