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pterygopalate

pterygopalate adjective: synonym of pterygopalatine.

Adjective

pterygopalate (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of pterygopalatine.
    • When excluding the symphysal enlargement and the pterygopalate process, which both project dorsally, jaw bones are roughly as high as the tooth plates (Fig 2B ).2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    pterygopalatine

Synonyms of pterygopalate

Questions about pterygopalate

What does pterygopalate mean?
Pterygopalate means synonym of pterygopalatine.
What part of speech is pterygopalate?
Pterygopalate is an adjective.

Words near pterygopalate in the dictionary

  1. pterygomaxillary fissures
  2. pterygomaxillary fossa
  3. pterygomaxillary fossae
  4. pterygometopid
  5. pterygometopids
  6. pterygopalate
  7. pterygopalatin
  8. pterygopalatine
  9. pterygopalatine fossa
  10. pterygopalatine fossae
  11. pterygopalatine ganglia

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