palatopterygoid
Zoology
adjective
Relating to or consisting of the palatine and pterygoid bones or cartilages.
noun
A bone of the upper jaw of some vertebrates, composed of a fused palatine and pterygoid; (in certain fishes) a cartilage equivalent to this.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.
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