# metapterygoid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bone, in the skull of teleostean fish, that lies behind the pterygoid

## Etymology
From meta- + pterygoid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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