quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 29 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- biquadrate
- divide
- farthing
- four
- fourfold
- fourth
- fourthly
- into
- multiply
- place
- quadrable
- quadrant
- quadrible
- quadrifid
- quadrifoliate
- quadripartite
- quadripartition
- quadrisection
- quadrumanous
- quadruple
- quadruplicate
- quadruplication
- quart
- quarter
- quartered
- quartering
- quartern
- rectangular
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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