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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Hollowed or cupped in front, as the centrum or body of a vertebra: correlated with amphicœlian, opisthocœlian, and heterocœlian.
  • Having procœlian vertebrœ, as a crocodile; belonging to the Procœlia.
  • Hollowed by a ventricle, as the prosencephalon; of or pertaining to the procœliœ of the brain.
  • noun A member of the suborder Procœlia.

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

  • adjective (Anat & Zoöl.) Concave in front.
  • noun (Zoöl.) A reptile having procœlian vertebræ; one of the Procœlia.

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

  • noun zoology Any of the Procoelia, a division of Crocodilia.

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