- Meckel's ossicle
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sesamoid articular, sesamoid angular or coronomeckelian (a small bone on the internal surface of the articular bone of the lower jaw. Often a point of insertion of the adductor mandibulae muscle)
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
Meckel's ossicle
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