Vomer

2 definitions found

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

  Vomer \Vo"mer\, n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.)
     (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid
         region of the skull, forming a part a part of the
         partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
     (b) The pygostyle.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vomer
       n : thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and
           inferior parts of the nasal septum