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quadratojugular

quadratojugular noun: a bone found in some reptiles, amphibians, and birds in front of the quadrate at the base of the temporal fossa.

Noun

quadratojugular (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A bone found in some reptiles, amphibians, and birds in front of the quadrate at the base of the temporal fossa.
    • It could not have participated in the formation of the lateral temporal foramen; that office was reserved to the quadratojugular lying in front of it, which in its turn is connected again with the peculiarly shaped jugular.1900 November, Charles E. Beecher, “Restoration of Stylonurus Lacanus, A Giant Arthropod from the Upper Devonian of the United States”, in Geological Magazine, volume 7, number 11, page 490

Origin of quadratojugular

From quadrato- + jugular.

Questions about quadratojugular

What does quadratojugular mean?
Quadratojugular means a bone found in some reptiles, amphibians, and birds in front of the quadrate at the base of the temporal fossa.
What part of speech is quadratojugular?
Quadratojugular is a noun.

Words near quadratojugular in the dictionary

  1. quadratizes
  2. quadratizing
  3. quadratocranial
  4. quadratojugal
  5. quadratojugals
  6. quadratojugular
  7. quadratomandibular
  8. quadratosquamosal
  9. quadratrices
  10. quadratrix
  11. quadratrixes

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