Mentomeckelian

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

  Mentomeckelian \Men`to*meck*e"li*an\, a. [1st mental +
     Meckelian.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw. -- n. The bone or
     cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in
     some adult animals and the young of others.
     [1913 Webster]