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Webster 1913 Edition

Epipterygoid

Epˊip-ter′y-goid

,

Adj.

[Pref.

epi-

+

pterygoid

.]

(Anat.)

Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.

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Noun.

An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.