Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, the posterior of the three pterygoid elements, the mesopterygoid and the pterygoid being anterior to it. It is articulated behind with the hyomandibular.
- Coming after or situated behind the true pterygoid.
- noun A metapterygoid bone.
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Huxley to recognise what are the true homologues of the quadrate, the palatine and the pterygoid in adult bony fish, and to prove that the symplectic and the metapterygoid (tympanal, Cuvier) are bones peculiar to fish.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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