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sphenotic

sphenotic adjective: of or relating to a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.

Adjective

sphenotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.

Noun

sphenotic (plural sphenotics)

  1. The sphenotic bone.

Forms of sphenotic

pluralsphenotics

Origin of sphenotic

From sphen- + otic.

Words formed from sphenotic

Words that rhyme with sphenotic

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sphenotic

What does sphenotic mean?
Sphenotic means of or relating to a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.
What part of speech is sphenotic?
Sphenotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sphenotic in the dictionary

  1. sphenosuchian
  2. sphenosuchians
  3. sphenosuchid
  4. sphenosuchids
  5. sphenotemporal
  6. sphenotic
  7. sphenotics
  8. sphenoturbinal
  9. sphenovomerine
  10. sphenozygomatic
  11. spheradiance

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