RETRORSE

Meaning of RETRORSE in English

rə̇.ˈtrȯ(ə)rs adjective

Etymology: Latin retrorsus, contraction of retroversus retroverse — more at retroversion

: bent backward or downward — compare antrorse , extrorse , introrse

• re·trorse·ly adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

RETRORSE — adjective Etymology: Latin retrorsus, contraction of retroversus Date: circa 1825 bent backward or downward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RETRORSE — (a.) Bent backward or downward.
Английский словарь Webster
RETRORSE — ( a. ) Bent backward or downward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETRORSE — — retrorsely , adv. /ri trawrs", ree"trawrs/ , adj. turned backward. [ 1815-25; retrorsus, contracted form of retroversus bent backward, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETRORSE — adjective Etymology: Latin retrorsus, contraction of retroversus Date: circa 1825 : bent backward or downward
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETRORSE — adj bent backward or downward.
Webster English vocab
RETRORSE — [ rɪ'trɔ:s ] ■ adjective Biology turned or pointing backwards. Origin C19: from L. retrorsus , contr. of retroversus , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RETRORSE — [re.trorse] adj [L retrorsus, contr. of retroversus] (ca. 1825): bent backward or downward
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RETRORSE — adj. Biol. turned back or down. øøretrorsely adv. [L retrorsus = retroversus (as RETRO-, versus past part. of vertere turn)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RETRORSE — adj. Biol. turned back or down. retrorsely adv. [ L retrorsus = retroversus (as RETRO-, versus past part. of vertere …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RETRORSE — adj. Biol. turned back or down. Derivatives: retrorsely adv. Etymology: L retrorsus retroversus (as RETRO-, versus past part. of vertere …
Oxford English vocab
RETRORSE — (редкое) обращенный или повернутый назад или вниз
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RETRORSE — a редк. обращённый или повёрнутый назад или вниз
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RETRORSE — (a) обращенный назад
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
RETRORSE — a редк. обращённый или повёрнутый назад или вниз
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
RETRORSE — a редк. обращённый или повёрнутый назад или вниз
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RETRORSE — обращённый или отогнутый назад или вниз
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
RETRORSE — обращённый или отогнутый назад или вниз
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
RETRORSE — (редкое) обращенный или повернутый назад или вниз
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RETRORSE — Pronunciation: ' r ē - ˌ tro ̇ rs Function: adjective Etymology: Latin retrorsus, contraction of retroversus Date: circa 1825 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RETRORSELY — adverb see retrorse
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REFLECT — I. rə̇ˈflekt, rēˈf- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English reflecten, from Latin reflectere, from re- + flectere to bend, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETROSERRULATE — “+ adjective Etymology: retro- + serrulate : having minute retrorse teeth or barbs retroserrulate spicules
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETROSERRATE — |re.trō+, sometimes |rē.trō+ adjective Etymology: retro- + serrate : having retrorse teeth or barbs a retroserrate leaf
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTRORSE — ˈpōˌstrȯrs, ˈpä- adverb Etymology: post- + -rorse (as in antrorse ) : retrorse — opposed to antrorse
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JACITARA PALM — |jasə|tärə- noun also jacitara ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese jacitara, from Tupi : a Brazilian palm of the genus Desmoncus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTRORSE — ˈan.ˌtrȯrs, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: New Latin antrorsus, irregular from antero- + -orsus (as in dextrorsus toward the right) — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETROSERRULATE — /re'troh ser"yeuh lit, -layt', -ser"euh-/ , adj. Bot., Zool. having tiny retrorse teeth or barbs. [ 1820-30; RETRO- + SERRULATE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROSERRATE — /re'troh ser"it, -ayt/ , adj. Bot., Zool. having retrorse teeth or barbs. [ 1855-60; RETRO- + SERRATE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REVERTIBLE — Synonyms and related words : atavistic, compensatory, indemnificatory, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive, regressive, reparative, restitutive, restitutory, restorative, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
REVERSIONARY — Synonyms and related words : atavistic, compensatory, indemnificatory, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive, regressive, reparative, restitutive, restitutory, restorative, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
REVERSIBLE — Synonyms and related words : ameliorable, amendable, atavistic, correctable, corrigible, curable, emendable, fixable, improvable, medicable, mendable, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, …
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