Word.ws English Dictionary

tectofugal

tectofugal adjective: relating to an optic system in avian brains associated with the optic tectum.

Adjective

tectofugal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to an optic system in avian brains associated with the optic tectum.

Origin of tectofugal

From tecto- + fugal.

Questions about tectofugal

What does tectofugal mean?
Tectofugal means relating to an optic system in avian brains associated with the optic tectum.
What part of speech is tectofugal?
Tectofugal is an adjective.

Words near tectofugal in the dictionary

  1. tectocephalic
  2. tectocerebellar
  3. tectochrysin
  4. tectofilosid
  5. tectofilosids
  6. tectofugal
  7. tectofugally
  8. tectogenesis
  9. tectogenetic
  10. tectogenic
  11. tectol

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tectofugal (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tectofugal.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tectofugal. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.