abfrontaladj.
/abˈfrʌntl/, U.S. /æbˈfrən(t)l/ Zoology.
Designating the surface of an organ or structure which faces away from the front, or is on the opposite side from the surface designated as frontal; of or relating to such a surface.
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1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 195 164 In many cases it is extremely difficult to distinguish cilia from coagulated mucus secreted by the abfrontal cells.
1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs iv. 70 Along the..edge of the filament runs a tract of frontal cilia; on the other edge lie the abfrontal cilia.
1989 C. Nielsen Entoprocts 114 The body is usually smooth, but a few populations comprise zooids with a number of spines on the abfrontal side of the body.
2009 Biol. Bull. 217 176 (caption) Abfrontal view of a gill filament, showing unciliated surface.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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