abdominal rib

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩ ɹɪb/, /əbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩ ɹɪb/

Noun

abdominal rib (plural abdominal ribs)

  1. (herpetology) Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.[1]

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
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