Sphenethmoid

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

  Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal
     regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone;
     sphenethmoidal.
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     {Sphenethmoid bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which
        surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia;
        the girdle bone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, n. (Anat.)
     The sphenethmoid bone.
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