Epipterygoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epipterygoid \Ep`ip*ter"y*goid\, a. [Pref. epi- + pterygoid.]
     (Anat.)
     Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n. An
     epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls
     of many lizards.
     [1913 Webster]