Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rudimentary vertebra which in some animals precedes the atlas proper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.
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- noun anatomy A
vertebral rudiment in front of theatlas in somereptiles .
Etymologies
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pro- + atlas
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