adoral

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adjective

Located near the mouth.

OriginEnglish oral ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad- →
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Meanings

adjectiveadoral (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated near the mouth.

    The feeding cavity should remain designated as a prostomial cavity, rather than the adoral, or buccal, cavity.

    1977, Earl D. Hanson, The origin and early evolution of animals, Wesleyan
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    I now prefer to consider it a specialized adoral seta, presupposed that the rutellum is also a specialized adoral seta. This means that paralabial and adoral are synonymous.

    1969, Zoologische Mededeelingen

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishoral
  7. Englishadoral

From ad- + oral.

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Translations

Finnish adoraalinen
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Italian adorale
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with adoral

oralfloralcoralpastoralchoralauralmayoralauroralbinauralamoralmonauralloralporalgoralperioralaboralcirchoralcircumoralcorollifloraldiscifloralendauralendoralexosporalextrafloral
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Cite this entry
APA

adoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoral

MLA

“adoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoral. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adoral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoral.

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