What is having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies called?
depressed — (Zoöl.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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