Procoela

plural noun

Pro·​coe·​la

prōˈsēlə

: a suborder of Salientia that includes Bufonidae, Hylidae, and some families of extinct amphibians and that comprises frogs and toads with vertebrae uniformly concave in front and with sacral vertebrae united with the urostyle by a double condyle

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pro- entry 1 + -coela, neuter plural of -coelus -coelous

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