pro to vertebra

[Pref. proto-, and Eng. vertebra (q. v.).] Embryol. ( pl.): Transverse clefts in a ma or plate of mesoblast on each side the axial cord, gradually developing into the vertebræ. prō-to-ver-te-bral, a. [Eng. protovertebr(a); -al.] Of or belonging to the protovertebræ. *prō-to-věs-ti-ar-ỹ, s . [Pref proto- , and Lat. vestiarius pertaining to clothes; vest is =clothes.] The head keeper of the wardrobe. "Magister and pro to vestiary, or wardrobe keeper."Warton: English Poetry, i. 129.