proctal

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• proctal — adj. 2 g. Relativo ao ânus.   ‣ Etimologia: grego proktós, oû, ânus + al …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

• proctal — ˈpräktəl adjective Etymology: proct + al : situated immediately in front of the cloaca a fish with a proctal pelvic fin * * * proctal /prokˈtl/ adjective Anal or rectal ORIGIN: Gr prōktos anus …   Useful english dictionary

• 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