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anal
/ˈeɪnəl/
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What does anal mean?
adjective
- Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
- Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.
More meanings (8)
noun
- Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
- (informal) Anal sex.
- An individual member of that ethnic group.
proper noun
- An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
- The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.
adjective
- (informal, vulgar) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
- (informal, vulgar) Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
verb
- (rare, slang) To penetrate anally.
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IPA pronunciation
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In the male the basal margin of the anal fin is also a little produced and dark coloured.
With its crown of awls driven into the pith, the animal frets and fidgets, sways on the pivot of its anal armor.
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On the back, each of the segments, except the last, or anal, segment, puckers into three thick pads, bristling with stiff, tawny hairs.
The polypi of the nasal and of the anal cavities often show themselves under the form of rounded bodies, projecting from the nose or anus.
This child died because of its anal malformation, which we notice is a frequent associate of malformations or duplicity of the penis.