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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bone located in front of the sternum and between the clavicles in certain vertebrates, such as reptiles and amphibians.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology and anatomy, a median membrane bone developed between the clavicles, or in front of the breast-bone, in many Vertebrata.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) See episternum.

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  • noun anatomy The episternum.

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inter- +‎ clavicle

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