aboral

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aboral (adjective; Latin ab, from; os, mouth): 1. Pertaining to, or situated away from the mouth; surface opposite the mouth.

2. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) The surface opposite that bearing the mouth and ambulacral grooves; abactinal; apical; dorsal.

See also: oral