retromingent

 [re-troh-min-juhnt]  

ret·ro·min·gent

   [re-troh-min-juhnt]
adjective
1.
urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
noun
2.
an animal that urinates backward.

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Retromingent is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Origin:
1645–55; retro- + Latin mingent- stem of mingens), present participle of mingere to urinate

Related forms
ret·ro·min·gen·cy, noun
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