E*phip"pi*um (?), n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. ; on + horse.]

1. Anat.

A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

2. Zool.

A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

 

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