Definition of Ephippeum

Definition of Ephippeum

||E*phip"pi*um (?), n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. &?;; 'epi` on + "i`ppos horse.] 1. (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

2. (Zoöl.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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