Embolomeri

plural noun

Em·​bo·​lom·​eri

ˌembəˈläməˌrī

: an order of primitive labyrinthodonts including most of the larger Carboniferous amphibians and having vertebrae in which both intercentra and pleurocentra are complete disks

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from embol- + -meri (from Greek meros part)

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