transpalatine

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adjective

Situated beyond, across, or outside the palatine bone.

“Some reptiles have a transpalatine bone.”

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Meanings

adjectivetranspalatine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomySituated beyond, across, or outside the palatine bone.

    Some reptiles have a transpalatine bone.

nountranspalatine (plural transpalatines)

plural transpalatines

  1. the transpalatine bone

Origin

From trans- + palatine.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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