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palatopterygoquadrates

palatopterygoquadrates is the plural of palatopterygoquadrate.

Meaning of palatopterygoquadrate

Noun

palatopterygoquadrate (plural palatopterygoquadrates)

  1. A certain jaw bone in reptiles and fish, consisting of fused palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones.
    • 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.2006, Saul Wischnitzer, Atlas and Dissection Guide for Comparative Anatomy, page 40

Questions about palatopterygoquadrates

What is palatopterygoquadrates the plural of?
Palatopterygoquadrates is the plural of palatopterygoquadrate.

Words near palatopterygoquadrates in the dictionary

  1. palatopharynx
  2. palatoplasties
  3. palatoplasty
  4. palatopterygoid
  5. palatopterygoquadrate
  6. palatopterygoquadrates
  7. palatoquadrate
  8. palatoquadrates
  9. palatoschisis
  10. palatosphenoidal
  11. palatovaginal

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