sclerotaln.
/sklɪəˈrəʊtəl/ Anatomy.
Any of the component plates of the bony ring which protects the sclerotic coat of the eyeball in certain birds and reptiles.
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1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 179 An ossified part of the eye-capsule, commonly in two pieces, ‘sclerotals’.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 182 It is reinforced by a circlet of bones, the sclerotals.
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