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adoral

adj

Etymology

From ad- + oral.

  1. borrowed from ōrālis
  2. prefixed as adoral — “ad + oral”

Definitions

  1. Located near the mouth.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA