exomeckelian

English

Etymology

exo- +‎ Meckelian

Adjective

exomeckelian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.
   • 2006 August, Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, John R. Wible, Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles‎^[1], University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 36:

     The area between the ventral margin of the prearticular and ventral margin of the jaw is the exomeckelian fenestra. It contains the endochondral Meckelian bone, which surrounds a number of endomeckelian fenestrae as a series of arches.

Usage notes

Usually precedes "fenestra(e)".