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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to an ephippium.
  • Having or carrying a brood-pouch: as, the ephippial females of certain crustaceans.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.

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  • adjective Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.

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