mentomeckelian

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English

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Etymology

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From mento- +‎ Meckelian.

Adjective

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mentomeckelian (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin and lower jaw.

Noun

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mentomeckelian (plural mentomeckelians)

  1. (anatomy) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some animals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mentomeckelian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)