a. Comp. Anat. [f. Gr. τέμν-ειν to cut + σπόνδυλ-ος vertebra + -OUS.] Having vertebræ composed of separately ossified parts.
1901. H. Gadow in Camb. Nat. Hist., VIII. viii. 286. The vertebræ are typically temnospondylous, consisting each of three pairs of separately ossified pieces.
