mentomeckelian

English edit

Etymology edit

mento- +‎ Meckelian

Adjective edit

mentomeckelian (not comparable)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the chin and lower jaw.

Noun edit

mentomeckelian (plural mentomeckelians)

(anatomy) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some animals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mentomeckelian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)