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endopterygoid

endopterygoid noun: a certain jaw bone in reptiles or fish.

Noun

endopterygoid (plural endopterygoids)

  1. A certain jaw bone in reptiles or fish.
    • The lower jaw articulates against the suspensorium, a series of pairs of bones comprised of the palatines, endopterygoids, metapterygoids, ectopterygoids, quadrates, symplectics and hyomandibulars.2004, Brad Pusey, Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia
    • Palatines and pterygoids (ectopterygoids and endopterygoids) are membrane bones formed in relation to the palatopterygoquadrate bar.2004, D.R. Khanna, Biology Of Fishes

Forms of endopterygoid

pluralendopterygoids

Questions about endopterygoid

What does endopterygoid mean?
Endopterygoid means a certain jaw bone in reptiles or fish.
What part of speech is endopterygoid?
Endopterygoid is a noun.
What is the plural of endopterygoid?
The plural of endopterygoid is endopterygoids.

Words near endopterygoid in the dictionary

  1. endoproteolytic
  2. endoproteolytical
  3. endoproteolytically
  4. endoproteolyze
  5. endoproteolyzed
  6. endopterygoid
  7. endopterygoids
  8. endopterygote
  9. endopterygotes
  10. endopthalmitis
  11. endopunctate

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