Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology: Of or pertaining to the space between the crura or rami of the under jaw; interramal; submental.
  • Situated between the crura cerebri, as the interpeduncular space or area at the base of the brain.

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

  • adjective (Anat.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Taking place or located between the legs.
  • adjective anatomy Applied to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fish.

Etymologies

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inter- ("between") + crural

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