retroˈflected, a.
[f. retro- + flected a.]
Bent, directed, or turned backward.
| 1812 Edin. Rev. XX. 84 The words ‘retroflected divergence’ are therefore purely ornamental. 1853 G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 126 The spines on their margins..are all retroflected. |