quadrate bones

A form of quadrate bone — A bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates other than mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals its equivalent is the incus.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of quadrate bone
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