Meanings
adjectivepterygopalate (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of pterygopalatine.
When excluding the symphysal enlargement and the pterygopalate process, which both project dorsally, jaw bones are roughly as high as the tooth plates (Fig 2B ).
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, →DOISynonyms: pterygopalatine
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of pterygopalatine.
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