aboral

American

[ab-awr-uhl, -ohr-] / æbˈɔr əl, -ˈoʊr- /

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.

opposite to or away from the mouth.

aboral British

/ æbˈɔːrəl /

adjective

zoology away from or opposite the mouth

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Other Word Forms

aborally adverb

Etymology

Origin of aboral

First recorded in 1855–60; ab- + oral

Example Sentences

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Gibbons prefer life high up off the ground and are crippled by the loss of an aboral home.

From National Geographic

These include the aboral organ, polar fields and combs.

From Nature

An aboral vessel embraces the sense-organ, but has no external opening.

From Project Gutenberg

Tentacles soon sprout out from one end of the embryo's body and a mouth is formed; the column becomes more slender and attaches itself by the aboral pole to some solid object.

From Project Gutenberg

A, from the side; B, the plates around the aboral pole.

From Project Gutenberg

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