ephippium

American  

[ih-fip-ee-uhm] / ɪˈfɪp i əm /

noun

Zoology.

ephippia plural

1. a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• ephippial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• ephippia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ephippium

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek ephíppion, noun use of neuter of ephíppios for putting on a horse, equivalent to ep- ep- + hípp ( os ) horse + -ios adj. suffix

Example Sentences

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ephippium ephippia

The latter in the Daphniidae are enclosed in a modified part of the mother’s shell, called the ephippium from its resemblance to a saddle in shape and position.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Well, well; boiling mutton broth over a turf fire, in my cut decanter! 'optat ephippia bos piger.'

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Trollope, Anthony

"Aha!" said Mr. Butler, "Optat ephippia bos piger, nothing new under the sun—But it was a fair hit of Mrs. Saddletree, however."

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir