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‖ metapterygium Ichth.|ˌmɛtəptəˈrɪdʒɪəm|
[See meta-.]
The hindmost section of the pterygium in certain fishes.
1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 478 The metapterygium represents the stem of the archipterygium and the rays on it. 1880Günther Fishes iv. 80 The pectoral fin is supported by three bones, pro-, meso-, and metapterygium.
Hence metapteˈrygial a. (in recent Dicts.), metapteˈrygian a. (Syd. Soc. Lex.), belonging or relating to the metapterygium. |
