a. Anat. & Zool. [f. EPHIPPI-UM + -AL.] Of or pertaining to the ephippium.
1835–6. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 738/1. Its corners are bounded by the ephippial … processes.
1841–71. T. R. Jones, Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4), 455. The development of the ephippial eggs takes place at the posterior part of the ovaries.
