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entopterygoid

noun

A certain ventral bone of reptiles or fish

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Meanings

nounentopterygoid (plural entopterygoids)

plural entopterygoids

biologyA certain ventral bone of reptiles or fish
At the symphysis, the entopterygoid articulates with its counterpart through a striated articular surface which is oval in outline.
2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ento- + pterygoid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with entopterygoid

pterygoid basipterygoid ectopterygoid epipterygoid interpterygoid mesopterygoid metapterygoid palatopterygoid pseudopterygoid

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APA

entopterygoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entopterygoid

MLA

“entopterygoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entopterygoid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entopterygoid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entopterygoid.

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