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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In herpetology, the fossa upon the posterior face of the neural arch of a vertebra of serpents and some lizards, for the reception of the zygosphene of a succeeding vertebra, the series of vertebræ being more effectively interlocked thereby than is accomplished by the zygapophyses alone. Compare cut under
zygosphene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) See under
zygosphene .
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- noun anatomy See under
zygosphene .
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