palatopterygoquadrate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
palato- + pterygo- + quadrate
Noun[edit]
palatopterygoquadrate (plural palatopterygoquadrates)
- A certain jaw bone in reptiles and fish, consisting of fused palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones.
- 2006, Saul Wischnitzer, Atlas and Dissection Guide for Comparative Anatomy, page 40:
- The dorsal part consists of the two palatopterygoquadrate cartilages, which have fused in the anterior midline and have formed an arch that constitutes the upper jaw.