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aboral

[ ab-awr-uhl, -ohr- ]

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. opposite to or away from the mouth.


aboral

/ æˈɔːə /

adjective

  1. zoology away from or opposite the mouth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·۲· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aboral1

First recorded in 1855–60; ab- + oral
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Gibbons prefer life high up off the ground and are crippled by the loss of an aboral home.

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These include the aboral organ, polar fields and combs.

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

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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.

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The aboral nervous system, if indeed it be present at all, is very slightly developed.

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