Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having pillars on both sides: applied in zoology to the skulls of sharks, which have supports for both the upper and lower mandibular arches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Having the
mandibular arch articulated with thehyoid arch and thecranium , as in thecestraciont sharks .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek both + pillar, support.
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