heterocoelous
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See also: heterocœlous
English
Alternative forms
- heterocœlous (obsolete typography)
Etymology
From hetero- (“different”) + -coelous (“hollow”).
Adjective
heterocoelous (not comparable)
- (biology) Relating to, or characteristic of syconoid sponges of the taxonomic group Heterocoela.
- (medicine) Relating to vertebrae with centra having saddle-shaped articulations.
References
- “heterocoelous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “heterocoelous”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.