| 单词 | quadrate bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquadrate bone quadrate bone n. Zoology each of two bones in the skull of birds and reptiles (one on either side) with which the lower jaw articulates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > parts of > bones of tarsus1676 mastoid1840 mastoid bone1841 postorbital1852 sclerotal1854 quadrate bone1858 quadrate1863 transpalatine1891 osteoderm1898 suprascapula2004 the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > quadrate quadrate bone1858 quadrate1863 1858 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 334 The quadrate bone [Du. het vierkante been] of birds is..divided above into two arms. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) vii. 39 Throughout the class Reptilia a series of bones normally contributes to the hinder part of the lower jaw, and of them the articular bone rocks or swings upon the quadrate bone in the skull. 1993 S. J. Gould Eight Little Piggies vi. 107 The stapes of pelycosaurs lies in close contact with the quadrate bone of the upper jaw (forerunner of the incus that now articulates with the stapes in the mammalian middle ear). < as lemmas |
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