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A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.

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  1. n. A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
  2. n. The pygostyle.
  3. n. thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum
  4. (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle.
  5. n thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum