ephippium
[ ih-fip-ee-uh m ]
/ ɪˈfɪp i əm /
noun, plural e·phip·pi·a [ih-fip-ee-uh] /ɪˈfɪp i ə/. Zoology.
a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.
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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
OTHER WORDS FROM ephippium
e·phip·pi·al, adjectiveWords nearby ephippium
ephemerous, ephes., ephesian, ephesians, ephesus, ephippium, ephod, ephor, ephraim, ephraimite, ephrata
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Example sentences from the Web for ephippium
It is in no way closely related to the large Bornean R. ephippium.
Indeed its relationship to the Siamese species is much closer than to the R. ephippium of Borneo.