Home › Words › A › airorhynchyairorhynchyairorhynchy · noun — A retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyCoined by Austrian zoologist Helmut Otto Hofer in 1952 as German Airorhynchie, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to raise, lift”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”).nounA retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.retroclination 59% match — A backwards inclination (especially of teeth) vs airorhynchy →antecrochet 59% match — A fold of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros. vs airorhynchy →retropalatal 54% match — Behind the palate vs airorhynchy →palatopterygoid 54% match — Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull. vs airorhynchy →retroauricle 53% match — A posterior auricle vs airorhynchy →antepalatal 53% match — In front of the palate. vs airorhynchy →oreinirostral 53% match — Having a tall, domed beak or snout. vs airorhynchy →hyopalatine 53% match — Relating to the hyoid and palatine bones vs airorhynchy →