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ephippial

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e⋅phip⋅pi⋅um

  [i-fip-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural e⋅phip⋅pi⋅a  [i-fip-ee-uh] . Zoology.
a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.
Origin:
1835–45; < NL < Gk ephíppion, n. use of neut. of ephíppios for putting on a horse, equiv. to ep- ep- + hípp(os) horse + -ios adj. suffix

Related forms:
e⋅phip⋅pi⋅al, adjective
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