Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The opisthotic bone of the skull.

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Examples

  • Sdegno, pace, e matrimonio dilli medesimi con intercalare sull 'aria moderna.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various

  • The component elements of the cranial roof are equal in number and similar in position to those of the Stegocephalian skull, except that the supramastoid extends between the parietal and intercalare to the posterior border of the cranial table (Fig. 2, 8m.); and the supraoccipital does not extend onto the superior face of the skull, except as a narrow border.

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

  • The intercalare is reduced to a small element, of which a small part appears on the superior face of the skull immediately behind the exterior part of the supramastoid

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

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