exomeckelian

English

Etymology

exo- +‎ Meckelian

Adjective

exomeckelian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.
    • 2006 August, Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, John R. Wible, Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles‎, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 36:
      The area between the ventral margin of the prearticular and ventral margin of the jaw is the exomeckelian fenestra. It contains the endochondral Meckelian bone, which surrounds a number of endomeckelian fenestrae as a series of arches.

Usage notes

Usually precedes "fenestra(e)".

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