cionocranial

adjective

ci·​o·​no·​cranial

¦sīənō+¦-

variants or cionocranian

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: having a rodlike epipterygoid bone in the skull

—used of some lizards

Word History

Etymology

cion- + cranial

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Rhymes for cionocranial

• extracranial
• intracranial
• transcranial