acentrous

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"2001, "Axial Skeleton", David Cannatella, https://web.archive.org/web/20051222184337/http://www.lifesci.utexas.edu/courses/bio478L/LecturesPDF/bodyskeleton.pdf "Some bony fishes (Teleostei, Amia, Lepisosteus, and Brachiopterygii) have well-ossified centra and neural and hemal arches. Others (Dipnoi, Latimeria, and Chondrostei) lack centra (acentrous), and the notochord is unconstricted, and the bony neural and hemal arches simply rest on it.""

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English centre Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English acentrous From a- + centre + -ous.

more acentrous (comparative) most acentrous (superlative)

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What does acentrous mean?

Lacking vertebral centra.

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