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exomeckelian

exomeckelian adjective: of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.

Adjective

exomeckelian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.
    • 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.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, University of Chicago Press...

Origin of exomeckelian

From exo- + Meckelian.

Questions about exomeckelian

What does exomeckelian mean?
Exomeckelian means of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.
What part of speech is exomeckelian?
Exomeckelian is an adjective.

Words near exomeckelian in the dictionary

  1. exolytically
  2. exomarker
  3. exomarkers
  4. ExoMars
  5. exome
  6. exomeckelian
  7. exomembrane
  8. exomembranes
  9. exomemories
  10. exomemory
  11. exomer

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