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retromingency

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ret⋅ro⋅min⋅gent

  [re-troh-min-juhnt]
Use retromingency in a Sentence
–adjective
1. urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
–noun
2. an animal that urinates backward.
Origin:
1645–55; retro- + Latin mingent- s. of mingens), prp. of mingere to urinate

Related forms:
ret⋅ro⋅min⋅gen⋅cy, noun
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