entopterygoid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛɹɪɡɔɪd
Noun
[edit]entopterygoid (plural entopterygoids)
- (zoology) A certain ventral bone of reptiles or fish
- 2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- At the symphysis, the entopterygoid articulates with its counterpart through a striated articular surface which is oval in outline.