tec·to·spon·dyl·ic \|tektō|spän|dilik\adjective alsotec·to·spon·dy·lous\-ndələs\ Etymology: New Latin Tectospondyli + English -ic, -ous : having more than one calcified cylinder surrounding the notochord in each vertebral centrum < tectospondylic sharks > — see tectospondyli; compare cyclospondylic