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Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
  2. n. The sphenethmoid bone.
  3. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. The sphenethmoid bone.
  4. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidalregions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds theanterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.
  5. a. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. n. The sphenethmoid bone.