Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the lower jaw suspended from the skull by a special suspensorium: the opposite of
autostylic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Having the
mandible suspended by thehyomandibular , or upper part of thehyoid arch , as infishes , instead of directlyarticulated with theskull as inmammals .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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