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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pterotic
 翼聽骨

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pte·ro·tic a.  Anat. Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes. -- n. The pterotic bone.
 Note: ☞ The pterotic bone is so called because fancied in some cases to resemble in form a bird's wing
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