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Meaning of ABACTINAL

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
 

ABACTINAL is a 9 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Antonyms: actinal
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab*ac"ti*nal\ ([a^]b*[a^]k"t[i^]*nal), a. [L. ab + E.
actinal.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a
radiate animal; -- opposed to {actinal}. ``The aboral or
abactinal area.'' --L. Agassiz.
 

 

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