- postcentrum
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: a distinct posterior part of the centrum of a vertebra in some fishes formed by coossification of the interventral and interdorsal arcualia — opposed to precentrum
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postcentrum — post·centrum … English syllables
diplospondylous — referring to the double vertebrae formed when the anterior and posterior elements (sclerotomes) have not fused, e.g. caudal vertebrae of Amia. Two types of centra are present, a precentrum lacking neural and haemal arches and a postcentrum having … Dictionary of ichthyology
vertebra diplospondyla — (plural vertebrae diplospondylae)) diplospondylous vertebra (the double vertebrae formed when the anterior and posterior elements (sclerotomes) have not fused, e.g. caudal vertebrae of Amia. Two types of centra are present, a precentrum lacking… … Dictionary of ichthyology
