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isospondylous
(English) Referring to fishes having vertebrae behind the skull similar in form to the rest. Contrasts with Ostariophysans which have the anterior vertebrae modified into a Weberian apparatus. (See also: vertebrae, ostariophysan, Weberian apparatus)

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