Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a broad and flat breast-bone: as, a latisternal ape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having a
broad breastbone , orsternum ; said ofanthropoid apes .
Etymologies
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Latin latus broad + English sternal.
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