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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A median ossification developed in connection with the coracoscapular cartilages of a batrachian, supposed to represent the interclavicle of some other animals. See also cut under interclavicle.

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

  • noun The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
  • noun In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

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

  • noun anatomy The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
  • noun anatomy In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

Etymologies

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omo- +‎ sternum

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