a. Phys. [f. as next + -IAN.] = AMPHICŒLOUS; also, possessing or characterized by amphicœlous vertebræ.
1855. Owen, Skel. & Teeth, 42. Vertebræ of this amphicœlian type … existed in the teleosaurus.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, Introd. p. lxi. Amphicoelian vertebrae are found in the existing Geckotidae.
