amphidetic
adjective
am·phi·det·ic
: extending both before and behind the beak —used of the ligament of certain bivalves compare opisthodetic, prosodetic
Word History
Etymology
Greek amphidetos tied all around (from amphidein to tie around, from amphi- + dein to tie) + English -ic
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
- nonactor
- nonactors
- nonadaptive
- nonaddict
- nonaddicted
- nonaddictive
- nonaddicts
- nonadditive
- nonadditivities
- nonadditivity
- nonadecane
- nonadherence
- nonadhesive
- nonadiabatic
- nonadjacent
- nonadjustable
- nonadjustive
- nonadministrative
- nonadmirer
- nonadmirers
- nonadmission
- nonadmissions
- nonadults
- nonae
- nonaerosol