a. [ Platy + Gr. &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebræ of some extinct dinouaurs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Chinese tai-kun great prince. ] The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners. [ 1913 Webster ]