am·phi·sty·lic | \ -lik \
Definition of amphistylic
: having the upper jaw partly free from the brain case and braced by the hyomandibular cartilage (as in certain primitive sharks) — compare autostylic, hyostylic
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The first known use of amphistylic was in 1876
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