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parethmoid - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'parethmoid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Parethmoid [ a.]
- Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
2 . Parethmoid [ n.]
- A parethmoid bone.