ephippial

English

Etymology

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Adjective

ephippial (comparative more ephippial, superlative most ephippial)

1. Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
   • 1858, Philosophical Transactions:

     The posterior part of the ovary , showing the little balls into which the embryonic ephippial egg often breaks up

References

• “ephippial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.