latisternal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin latus (“broad”) + English sternal.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Adjective[edit]
latisternal (not comparable)
- (zoology, archaic) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)
- latisternal ape
References[edit]
- “latisternal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.