单词 | platycoelous |
释义 | > as lemmasplatycoelous platycoelous adj. Brit. /ˌplatɪˈsiːləs/ , U.S. /ˌplædᵻˈsiləs/ [ < platy- comb. form + ancient Greek κοῖλος hollow (see cœlo- comb. form1) + -ous suffix] Zoology designating or characterized by a vertebral centrum which is flat in front and hollow behind; = opisthocoelous adj.ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Platycœlous, plano-concave, as a vertebra. 1945 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 2) viii. 170 The ends [of reptilian centra] may be flush across (platycoelous). 1998 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 353 1545 Other lepidosauromorphs have amphicoelous centra, except for kuehneosaurs, which have platycoelous centra. < as lemmas |
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