ectal

ec·tal

[ek-tl]
adjective Anatomy, Zoology.
external; outer; on the surface of.

Origin:
1880–85; ect- + -al1

ec·tal·ly, adverb
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ectal ec·tal (ěk'təl)
adj.
Of or situated on the outside; outer; external.

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Ectal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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