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saurognathous

saurognathous adjective: having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers.

Adjective

saurognathous (not comparable)

  1. having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers

Origin of saurognathous

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

Questions about saurognathous

What does saurognathous mean?
Saurognathous means having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers.
What part of speech is saurognathous?
Saurognathous is an adjective.

Words near saurognathous in the dictionary

  1. saurischians
  2. sauro-
  3. saurochory
  4. Sauroctonos
  5. saurognathism
  6. saurognathous
  7. sauroid
  8. saurology
  9. saurolophid
  10. saurolophids
  11. saurolophine

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