Sphenotic

2 definitions found

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

  Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, a. [Spheno- + ???, ???, the ear.]
     (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
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     {Sphenotic bone} (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the


        auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or
        adjoining, the sphenoid bone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, n. (Anat.)
     The sphenotic bone.
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