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from The Century Dictionary.
- Hollowed or cupped in front, as the centrum or body of a vertebra: correlated with amphicœlian, opisthocœlian, and heterocœlian.
- Having procœlian vertebrœ, as a crocodile; belonging to the Procœlia.
- Hollowed by a ventricle, as the prosencephalon; of or pertaining to the procœliœ of the brain.
- noun A member of the suborder Procœlia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat & Zoöl.) Concave in front.
- noun (Zoöl.) A reptile having procœlian vertebræ; one of the Procœlia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the Procoelia, a division of
Crocodilia .
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