Symplectic

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

  Symplectic \Sym*plec"tic\, a. [Gr. ? plaiting together, fr. ? to
     plait together.] (Anat.)
     Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above
     the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes,
     which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. --
     n. The symplectic bone.


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