Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a protovertebra; pertaining to protovertebræ: as, a protovertebral segment; a protovertebral portion of the notochord.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the protovertebræ.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
protovertebrae .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Remak showed, as he thought, that the protovertebral segmentation of the dorsal muscle-plates did not extend into the head, and he denied
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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There are first the protovertebral rings of the dermatoskeleton, these being principally the ribs, limb-girdles, and jaws.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The articulation of the stem-zone, to which the somites owe their origin, thus proceeds briskly from front to rear, new transverse constrictions of the "protovertebral plates" forming continuously and successively.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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