quadratojugal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
adj
Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
Example Sentences
- "The quadratojugals are relatively large in the primitive skull, sometimes forming a part of the articular surface for the mandible (Fig. 21 b). In the single-arched skull the quadratojugal tends to disappear. It is probably present in all Theromorpha, but is often confined chiefly to the posterior side of the quadrate"
Etymology
From quadrato- + jugal.