adoral

[ ăd-ôr′əl ]

At, near, or toward the mouth.

Words nearby adoral

The adoral zone is fairly well developed, but not distinctly marked off from the remaining ventral surface.

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole |Gary N. Calkins
The region surrounded by the adoral zone is frequently drawn out into an anterior process, occasionally bearing a pigment mass.

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole |Gary N. Calkins
The left edge also appears to cover over the adoral zone slightly.

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole |Gary N. Calkins
To the right of this adoral zone is a single line of preoral cilia.

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole |Gary N. Calkins

The adoral zone extends to the posterior third of the body, the mouth and œsophagus are directed anteriorly.

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole |Gary N. Calkins