brephic
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brephic (adjective; Greek brephos, embryo): 1. Pertaining to an early stage of development.
2. (Brachiopoda) The juvenile stage in shell development after protegulum, shown by presence of growth lines; from neanic shells, distinguished by absence of radial ornamentation.
