Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as platycœlous.
  • Same as platycœlous.

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

  • adjective (Anat.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebræ of some extinct dinouaurs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective anatomy Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; said of the centra of the vertebrae of some dinosaurs.

Etymologies

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platy- + Ancient Greek hollow.

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