octavolateral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.

Word forms

octavolateral

Etymology

From octavo- + lateral.

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