-spondyli

noun plural combining form

-spon·​dy·​li

ˈspändəˌlī

: animals having (such) vertebrae

—in names of higher taxa

Diplospondyli

Lepospondyli

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin spondylus vertebra

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