anterodorsal

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adjective

in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)

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Meanings

adjectiveanterodorsal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyin front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)

    The difference between the kloedenellids and the geisinids, as defined, is the development of an anterodorsal process in the former.

    1978, Robert Vernon Kesling, Ruth B. Chilman, Ostracods of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation

Origin

From antero- + dorsal.

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Translations

Portuguese ântero-dorsal
  • ântero-dorsalin front and toward the back

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anterodorsal

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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