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- noun anatomy A
bone that suspends theeardrum (tympanum )
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Examples
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Saadanius hijazensis has a tubular ectotympanic (the bone that contains the canal runnig to the ear from the outside).
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Saadanius hijazensis has a tubular ectotympanic (the bone that contains the canal runnig to the ear from the outside).
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The fossil, which scientists said belonged to an adult male weighing about 33 to 44 pounds (15 to 20 kilograms), possessed features of the catarrhines, the common ancestor of hominoids and Old World monkeys, such as a tubular ectotympanic, a bone linked with the eardrum.
Livescience.com 2010
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The fossil, which scientists said belonged to an adult male weighing about 33 to 44 pounds (15 to 20 kilograms), possessed features of the catarrhines, the common ancestor of hominoids and Old World monkeys, such as a tubular ectotympanic, a bone linked with the eardrum.
Livescience.com 2010
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(15 to 20 kilograms), possessed features of the catarrhines, the common ancestor of hominoids and Old World monkeys, such as a tubular ectotympanic, a bone linked with the eardrum.
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(15 to 20 kilograms), possessed features of the catarrhines, the common ancestor of hominoids and Old World monkeys, such as a tubular ectotympanic, a bone linked with the eardrum.
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