Meanings
adjectiveoctavolateral (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyoctaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with octavolateral
lateralcollateralbilateralmultilateralunilateralcontralateraltrilateralipsilateralquadrilateralequilateralbasolateraldorsolateralventrolateralposterolateralanterolateralplurilateralacousticolateralambilateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcostolateral
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octavolateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavolateral
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“octavolateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavolateral. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octavolateral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavolateral.
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