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from The Century Dictionary.

  • having the gastral layer discontinuous and restricted to chambers, as the Heterocœla: opposed to homocœlous.
  • Having the ends of the vertebral centra concave in one plane and convex in the other, as the cervicals of birds; saddle-shaped; ephippic.

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