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Retroflex : adj
1: bent or curved backward [syn: retroflexed]
2: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the
hard palate [syn: cacuminal]
(verb)
1: bend or turn backward [syn: replicate]
2: articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against
the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the
fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Retroflex : \Re"tro*flex\, Retroflexed \Re"tro*flexed\, a. [Pref.
retro- _ L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.]
Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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