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Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n.

Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. -- n.

urchaser. (b) See Bank book. -- Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. -- Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.

he pectoral sandpiper. Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. -- Pectorial cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on th…

is; as, pelvic cellulitis. Pelvic arch, or Pelvic girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely…

Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.

The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.

A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.

Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.

A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.

A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

-- Priming wire, a pointed wire used to penetrate the vent of a piece, for piercing the cartridge before priming.

Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes. -- Prop`ter*yg"i*al, a.

Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.

Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.