α. 1800s– supraclavicle.
β. 1800s– supraclavicula.
supraclaviclen.
/ˌsuːprəˈklavᵻkl/, /ˌsjuːprəˈklavᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈklævək(ə)l/ Zoology. Now rare.
In some fishes: a bone of the pectoral girdle situated above the clavicle.
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pharyngeal1791
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supratemporal1834
shackle-joint1837
mastoid1840
wrist1840
mastoid bone1841
subopercular1841
mesotympanic1846
suprascapula1846
hypobranchials1848
hypotympanic1848
urohyal1848
radius1854
epicentral1866
pterotic1866
mesocoracoid1868
supraclavicle1868
precoracoid1869
symplectic1870
hypural1871
mesopterygoid1871
post-temporal1871
postclavicle1872
brachial1873
urostyle1875
hypercoracoid1876
admaxillary1885
intercalarium1887
palatopterygoquadrate1888
subtectal1888
Weberian apparatus1889
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radial1890
supracleithrum1903
1868 W. K. Parker Monogr. Struct. & Devel. Shoulder-girdle & Sternum Vertebrata 22 Not only did Professor Owen fail to find the post-temporal and supra-clavicles, but also the whole of the cartilaginous true Shoulder-girdle.
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals iii. 158 Attached to the dorsal end of the clavicle, there is usually a second much smaller bone, the supra-clavicula.
1918 Jrnl. Morphol. 31 471 The supraclavicle..is a flat, elongated bone, the superior end of which is expanded into an angular process.
1956 Amer. Midland Naturalist 56 209 The lateral canal extends..to where it leaves the supraclavicula and enters the scales.
1995 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 483/1 This plate-like bone has been called by various names including nuchalia,..supraclavicles, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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