Defn: Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; — said of anthropoid apes.
LATITANCY
Lat"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [See Latitant.]
Defn: Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
LATITANT Lat"i*tant, a. Etym: [L. latitans, pr. of latitare to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr. latere to be hid: cf. F. latitant.]
Defn: Lying hid; concealed; latent. [R.]
LATITAT
Lat"i*tat, n. Etym: [L., he lies hid.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Blackstone.
LATITATION
Lat`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. latitatio.]
Defn: A lying in concealment; hiding. [Obs.]
LATITUDE Lat"i*tude, n. Etym: [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.]