- proctal
- \\ˈpräktəl\ adjective
Etymology: proct- + -al: situated immediately in front of the cloaca
a fish with a proctal pelvic fin
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proctal /prokˈtl/adjectiveAnal or rectalORIGIN: Gr prōktos anus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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proctal — adj. 2 g. Relativo ao ânus. ‣ Etimologia: grego proktós, oû, ânus + al … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
proctal — see anal … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
proctal — proc·tal … English syllables
proctal — a. pertaining to or near anus or rectum. ♦ proctoclysis, n. injection of fluid into rectum. ♦ proctology, n. medical study of anus and rectum … Dictionary of difficult words
proctal fin — anal fin (the median ventral fin or fins behind the anus. Abbreviated as A, or A1 and A2 if there are two. Also called proctopterygium, it functions to maintain equilibrium against rolling) … Dictionary of ichthyology
proctal axial or pelvic — the basal bone of the priapium, q.v., a copulatory organ in the Phallostethidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
anal fin — the median ventral fin or fins behind the anus. Abbreviated as A, or A1 and A2 if there are two. Also called proctopterygium or proctal fin, it functions to maintain equilibrium against rolling … Dictionary of ichthyology
priapium — (plural priapia)) a complex muscular and bony clasping and copulatory organ derived mainly from the pelvic fins, found under the head of male Phallostethoidea with the anus opening on one side and the genital pore on the other. The structure… … Dictionary of ichthyology
pulvinular bones — the outer and inner bones which suspend proctal pelvic bone from the cleithrum in the priapium of Phallostethidae. The inner pulvinular is absent in some genera … Dictionary of ichthyology
