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sclerotal Anat.|sklɪəˈrəʊtəl|
[f. sclerot-is + -al1.]
Any of the component plates of the bony ring which protects the sclerotic coat of the eyeball in certain birds and reptiles.
1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 179 An ossified part of the eye-capsule, commonly in two pieces, ‘sclerotals’. 1884Coues Key N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 182 It is reinforced by a circlet of bones, the sclerotals. |
