Meanings
nounmetapterygoid (plural metapterygoids)
plural metapterygoids
- A bone, in the skull of teleostean fish, that lies behind the pterygoid
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with metapterygoid
pterygoidbasipterygoidectopterygoidentopterygoidepipterygoidinterpterygoidmesopterygoidpalatopterygoidpseudopterygoid
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APA
metapterygoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metapterygoid
MLA
“metapterygoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metapterygoid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metapterygoid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metapterygoid.
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