angustisellate

adjective

an·​gus·​ti·​sel·​late

paleontology

: having sutures in which there are a prominent ventral saddle, deep lateral lobes, and deep umbilical saddles

—used of a stage in the development of the ammonoid shell

Word History

Etymology

angusti- + sellate

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

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