latisternal
English
Etymology
Latin latus (“broad”) + English sternal.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Adjective
latisternal (not comparable)
- (zoology, archaic) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)
- latisternal ape
References
- “latisternal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.