LEPOSPONDYLOUS


Meaning of LEPOSPONDYLOUS in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷dələs adjective

Etymology: lepo- + spondylous

1. : having vertebrae enclosing the notochord each of which consists of a cylinder of bone shaped like an hourglass in longitudinal section — used especially of some extinct stegocephalian amphibians

2.

[New Latin Lepospondyli + English -ous ]

: of or relating to the Lepospondyli

3. : having the vertebral centra develop directly as bone

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