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There is no generally agreed name for these reverse-order anagrams, but they are often called semordnilaps(palindrome backwards), anadromes, or reversgrams.

Some common semordnilaps are

dog-God

don-nod

dub-bud

mood-doom

diaper-repaid

drawer-reward

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