epipterygoid

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adjective

Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.

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Meanings

adjectiveepipterygoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomySituated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
nounepipterygoid (plural epipterygoids)

plural epipterygoids

  1. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage
  2. the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Origin

From epi- + pterygoid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with epipterygoid

pterygoidbasipterygoidectopterygoidentopterygoidinterpterygoidmesopterygoidmetapterygoidpalatopterygoidpseudopterygoid
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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