Metosteon

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

  Metosteon \Me*tos"te*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ? bone.]
     (Anat.)
     The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds;
     also, the part resulting from such ossification.
     [1913 Webster]