interclaviclen.
/ɪntəˈklavɪk(ə)l/ Anatomy.
A T-shaped or rod-like dermal bony plate lying on the under side of the sternum and attached to the clavicles, in lizards, crocodiles, and the lower mammals.
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1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 36 Those ‘parosteal’ bones which are developed from the skin..and form the important bones known as ‘clavicle’ and ‘interclavicle’.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 470 There are no epicoracoids or interclavicle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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