polyspondylic

adjective

poly·​spon·​dyl·​ic

: of, relating to, or having a vertebral column (as in the chimaeroid fishes) in which the calcified portion has the form of numerous slender rings surrounding the notochord

polyspondylous

-ndələs

adjective

polyspondyly

-lē

noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

poly- + spondylic

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