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cleidomastoideus

cleidomastoideus noun: a muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.

Noun

cleidomastoideus (plural cleidomastoidei)

  1. A muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.
    • Its lateral surface for the origins of the sternomastoideus and cleidomastoideus muscles is smooth probably because of the young age of the holotype individual.2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of cleidomastoideus

pluralcleidomastoidei

Questions about cleidomastoideus

What does cleidomastoideus mean?
Cleidomastoideus means a muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.
What part of speech is cleidomastoideus?
Cleidomastoideus is a noun.
What is the plural of cleidomastoideus?
The plural of cleidomastoideus is cleidomastoidei.

Words near cleidomastoideus in the dictionary

  1. cleidocranial
  2. cleidoic
  3. cleidomancy
  4. cleidomastoid
  5. cleidomastoidei
  6. cleidomastoideus
  7. cleidoscapular
  8. cleidothaerid
  9. cleidothaerids
  10. cleidotomies
  11. cleidotomy

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