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Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.

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  1. a. Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.
  2. n. The symplectic bone.
  3. Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. -- n. The symplectic bone.
  4. Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above thequadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unitestogether the other bones of the suspensorium.-- n.
  5. a. Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. n. The symplectic bone.