OS SPHENOIDALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does os sphenoidale mean? 

• OS SPHENOIDALE (noun)
  The noun OS SPHENOIDALE has 1 sense:

1. butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull

  Familiarity information: OS SPHENOIDALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OS SPHENOIDALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os sphenoidale; sphenoid; sphenoid bone

Hypernyms ("os sphenoidale" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "os sphenoidale"):

crotaphion (the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone)

pterygoid process (two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone)

Holonyms ("os sphenoidale" is a part of...):

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)