Parethmoid

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

  Parethmoid \Par*eth"moid\, a. [Pref. para- + ethmoid.] (Anat.)
     Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied
     especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some
     fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. --
     n. A parethmoid bone.
     [1913 Webster]