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Synaptotylus is distinguished from all other coelacanths by a basisphenoid having large, knoblike antotic processes each connected by a low ridge to a small basipterygoid process.

From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan

Then there were complicated machines with many levers and dials mounted on their faces, and with huge glass bulbs of peculiar shape with coils of wire connecting to knoblike protuberances of their transparent walls.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry

The knoblike antotic processes on the basisphenoid are unlike those of any other known coelacanth.

From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan

There is a knoblike process on the crest at a point three fourths the length of the baculum from its base.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by White, John A.

The ventral surface is thickened and forms a rounded, knoblike articular surface.

From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan