asterospondylic

adjective as·tero·spon·dyl·ic

variants: or asterospondylous \-¦spändələs\

Definition of asterospondylic

1 : having the vertebral centra strengthened by longitudinal calcified plates radiating outward from a central cylinder surrounding the notochord — compare cyclospondylic

[New Latin Asterospondyli + English -ic or -ous]

: of or relating to the Asterospondyli

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