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vomer
CIDE DICTIONARY
vomer, n. [L., a plowshare.].
A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vomer, n. Anat. the small thin bone separating the nostrils in man and most vertebrates.
Etymology
L, = ploughshare
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