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pterotic
CIDE DICTIONARY
pterotic, a. [Gr. wing + , , ear.].
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the proötic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes. [1913 Webster]
" The pterotic bone is so called because fancied in some cases to resemble in form a bird's wing" [1913 Webster]
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