Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Transverse, as a palatine bone which extends on either side from the median line.
  • noun The transpalatine bone of certain sauropsidan vertebrates.

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

  • adjective (Anat.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

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

  • adjective anatomy Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone.

Etymologies

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trans- +‎ palatine

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