different between aboral vs adoral

English

Etymology

ab- (“away from”) +? oral (“the mouth”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb????.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb???.l?/

Adjective

aboral (comparative more aboral, superlative most aboral)

1. (zoology) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Related terms

• aborally

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• alobar

German

Etymology

From Latin ab- + oralis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

aboral (not comparable)

1. aboral

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

ab- +? oral; first element from Latin ab-.

Adjective

aboral m or f (plural aborais, comparable)

1. (zoology) aboral (situated away from the mouth)

English

Etymology

From ad- +? oral

Adjective

adoral (not comparable)

1. Located near the mouth.
   • 1977, Earl D. Hanson, The origin and early evolution of animals, Wesleyan.

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

   • 1969, Zoologische Mededeelingen.

     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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