abactinal

English

Etymology

From ab- +‎ actinal.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /æˈbæk.tə.nl̩/, /ˈæˌbæk.tə.nl̩/, /ˌæˌbækˈtaɪ.nl̩/, /ˈæˌbækˌtaɪ.nl̩/
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Adjective

abactinal (comparative more abactinal, superlative most abactinal)

(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
Antonym: actinal
- 1857, Louis Agassiz, Contributions to Natural History, volume 4, page 376:
  The so-called mouth is always placed at one end of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area, and the opposite side the aboral or abactinal area.

Derived terms

abactinally

Translations

pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal

Dutch: abactinaal
Indonesian: abaktinal (id)
Manx: gyn goullyn
Portuguese: abactinal (pt)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.ki.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [a.ba.ki.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯], /a.bak.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [a.bak.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bak.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [a.bak.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯], /a.ba.ki.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [a.ba.ki.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.ktiˈnal/ [ɐ.βɐ.ktiˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.ktiˈna.li/ [ɐ.βɐ.ktiˈna.li]

Hyphenation: a‧bac‧ti‧nal

Adjective

abactinal m or f (plural abactinais)

(zoology) abactinal (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abaɡtiˈnal/ [a.β̞aɣ̞.t̪iˈnal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: a‧bac‧ti‧nal

Adjective

abactinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abactinales)

abactinal

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