SPHENOTIC

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone. Sphenotic bone (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.

2.
n.

The sphenotic bone.


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