ectopterygoid

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noun

A ventral skull bone found in some tetrapods and fish

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Meanings

nounectopterygoid (plural ectopterygoids)

plural ectopterygoids

  1. biologyA ventral skull bone found in some tetrapods and fish

Origin

From ecto- + pterygoid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ectopterygoid

pterygoidbasipterygoidentopterygoidepipterygoidinterpterygoidmesopterygoidmetapterygoidpalatopterygoidpseudopterygoid
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Cite this entry
APA

ectopterygoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ectopterygoid

MLA

“ectopterygoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ectopterygoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ectopterygoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ectopterygoid.

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