ephippial
English edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
ephippial (comparative more ephippial, superlative most ephippial)
- Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
- 1858, Philosophical Transactions:
- The posterior part of the ovary , showing the little balls into which the embryonic ephippial egg often breaks up
References edit
- “ephippial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.