antealadj.
/ˈantɪəl/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)iəl/ rare.
Anterior; situated at or towards the front; facing forwards.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > of or relating to front
anteal1822
frontside1858
frontal1860
frontward1865
1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. ii. i. 118 Perhaps the terms anteal and retral may appear appropriate, the former expressing the extremity at the head, the latter its opposite.
1852 D. Landsborough Pop. Hist. Brit. Zoophytes 388 Anteal, in front of anything forward.
1957 Jrnl. Paleontol. 31 261/2 The earliest Spatangoida..already display the characteristic anteal sulcus.
2005 P. D. Taylor & D. N. Lewis Fossil Invertebr. vi. 170/2 The anterior ambulacrum forms a shallow groove (anteal sulcus) from disc to peristome, and is not petaloid.
Derivatives
ˈanteally adv. at or towards the front.
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1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 481 A[mphidesma] convexum.—Shell convex, transversely ovate, rounded anteally, truncate retrally.
1973 T. Kobayashi in T. Kobayashi & R. Toryama Geol. & Palaeontol. Southeast Asia XIII. 63 In Koreolimnadiopsis the carapace is somewhat lunate in outline, but more rounded anteally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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