octavolateral

Meaning

Adjective

  • 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.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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