os meckelium

os meckelium
(plural ossa meckelia))
coronomeckelian (a small bone on the postero-lateral part of Meckel\'s cartilage of the lower jaw. Often a point of insertion of the adductor mandibulae muscle. Also called sesamoid angular, supraangular, sesamoid articular, articular sesamoid, splenial, or d bone)

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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