amphicœlousadj.
Physiol.
Concave on both sides, double concave. Applied to vertebræ, as in the backbone of a fish.
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amphicœlous1869
1869 Huxley in Jrnl. Geol. S. XXVI. 33 Amphicœlous centra.
1879 J. Le Conte Elem. Geol. 470 Their vertebræ were amphicœlous or biconcave, as in fishes and many extinct reptiles.
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