- empetrous
- empetrous, a. Zool.
(ˈɛmpɪtrəs)[f. Gr. ἔµπετρ-ος growing on rocks + -ous.]‘A term applied to animals like the seal, which have such short members or limbs that they lie directly upon the ground’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.