latisternal
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin latus (“broad”) + English sternal.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Adjective edit
latisternal (not comparable)
- (zoology, archaic) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)
- latisternal ape
References edit
- “latisternal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.