metapterygoid
/mɛtə(p)ˈtɛrɪɡɔɪd/Ichthyol.
noun
A bone of the skull of a teleostean fish, located posterior to the pterygoid.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From meta- + pterygoid.