epipterygoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
noun
  1. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage
  2. the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Word forms

epipterygoid epipterygoids

Etymology

From epi- + pterygoid.

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