Rhachitome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rhachitome is a noun meaning (zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Rhachitomi.
Meaning
(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Rhachitomi.
Example Sentences
The sequence of vertebral types led Watson to conclude that the primitive labyrinthodonts, embolomeres, had given rise to the rhachitomes and that these forms had eventually produced the ungainly, doomed stereospondyls.
Word Forms
- rhachitomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhacophorid, rhizocephalan, rhynchocephalian, rhaptochelydian, rhabdopleurid, rhyacotritonid.
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