Pterotic

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

  Pterotic \Pte*ro"tic\, a. [Gr. ? wing + ?, ?, ear.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the
     prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the
     periotic capsule of many fishes. -- n. The pterotic bone.
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     Note: The pterotic bone is so called because fancied in some
           cases to resemble in form a bird's wing
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