sphenoid
adjective
being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
presphenoid
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a word derived from
sphenoid.
Example Sentences
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Shape of presphenoid, nasals, interparietal, frontoparietal sutures, and length and degree of the openings of the incisive foramina are useful in delimiting subspecies.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
The presphenoid, being long and pointed, is very unlike a vertebral body.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The presphenoid develops in isolation between the lateral trabeculæ, just behind the point where 153they fuse.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
As an example of serial homology we might take the centra of the vertebræ—the vomer, the presphenoid, the basisphenoid, the basioccipital and the series of centra in the spinal column.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The skull of Vertebrates consists, according to Müller, of three vertebræ, whose centra are the basioccipital, the basisphenoid and the presphenoid.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
