amphiplatyan

adjective

am·​phi·​plat·​y·​an

-¦platēən

: flat at both ends

—used of vertebrae having both anterior and posterior surfaces of the centrum flat

Word History

Etymology

amphi- + Greek platys flat + English -an

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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