magnotrapezoid

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English

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Etymology

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From magno- +‎ trapezoid.

Noun

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magnotrapezoid (plural magnotrapezoids)

  1. (anatomy) The larger of a set of trapezoid bones
    • 2015 December 3, “Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The articular facets for the unciform and the magnotrapezoid occupy nearly identical portions of the distal articular surface (Fig 5Q and 5R ).