proal
/ˈprəʊəl/Zoology
adjective
Characterized by or involving movement from back to front, especially of the lower jaw in mastication. Contrasted with palinal.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Cope (1840–1897). Irregularly from ancient Greek πρό forward + -al.
- noise check
- noise contour
- noisecore
- noise factor
- noise figure
- noise filter
- noise footprint
- noiseful
- noise gate
- noise gating
- noise generation
- noise generator
- noiseless
- noiselessly
- noiselessness
- noise level
- noise limiter
- noisemaker
- noise margin
- noise money
- noise music
- noisenik
- noise pollution
- noise-pop
- noiser