hypaxial

[Gr. hypo =under; Lat., ., axis (q. v.), and suff. -al.] Anat.: Lying below the embryonic vertebral axis. Used of the hypaxial, called by Huxley the hypo skeletal, muscles. ( Quain.) hy-pě cō-ěæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. hypeco(um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eӕ .] Bot.: A tribe of Fumariacese, having the stamens distinct instead of diadelphous.