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Basipterygium

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Basipterygium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/basipterygium.html. 1828.