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.
© Webster 1913.
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