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A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

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  1. n. A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
  2. A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium. -- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al (, a.
  3. A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of somefishes. It develops into the metapterygium.-- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al (, a.
  4. n. A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.