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ophistotic

ophistotic is the alternative form of opisthotic.

Meaning of opisthotic

Noun

opisthotic (plural opisthotics)

  1. The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone. It is found in crocodiles and dinosaurs, among other species.

Forms of ophistotic

pluralophistotics

Questions about ophistotic

What is ophistotic the alternative form of?
Ophistotic is the alternative form of opisthotic.

Words near ophistotic in the dictionary

  1. Ophir City
  2. ophiruoid
  3. Ophis
  4. Ophism
  5. ophistokont
  6. ophistotic
  7. ophistotics
  8. ophite
  9. ophites
  10. ophitic
  11. ophitically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ophistotic (page history and authors); opisthotic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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