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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. retroversion.

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  • noun The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
  • noun the act of bending backward
  • noun a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

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