postequatorial

adj

postequatorial

adj

Etymology From post- + equatorial.

1

Behind an imaginary line or plane that divides the front and back of the body.

  • The postequatorial horn varies generally about 60; the breadth 50 — 60 […]1908, Plankton Investigations of the Danish Lakes, volumes 1-2, page 66:
  • Lemnisci filiform and very long. 3 genital glands postequatorial and occupying scarcely one-fourth of body cavity. Testes very elongate.1925, National Institutes of Health Bulletin, numbers 141-145, page 165:

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