ossa symplectica
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os symplecticum — (plural ossa symplectica)) symplectic (the small, paired, deep, endochondral bone joining the quadrate and the hyomandibular and supporting the interhyal in the hyostylic jaw (q.v.). It is cartilaginous in Acipenser and absent in Siluroidei and… … Dictionary of ichthyology
