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Pterygoid

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.

(2):

(n.) A pterygoid bone.

(3):

(a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.

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