heterocoelous

See also: heterocœlous

English

Alternative forms

• heterocœlous (obsolete typography)

Etymology

From hetero- (“different”) +‎ -coelous (“hollow”).

Adjective

heterocoelous (not comparable)

1. (biology) Relating to, or characteristic of syconoid sponges of the taxonomic group Heterocoela.
2. (medicine) Relating to vertebrae with centra having saddle-shaped articulations.

References

• “heterocoelous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “heterocoelous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.