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quadrate

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 233 words | Copyright

quadrate A paired bone in the upper jaw of bony fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and birds that articulates with the lower jawbone. It is absent in mammals, being reduced to a small bone (the incus) in the middle ear (see ear ossicles).

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