lophosteon

English

Etymology

From New Latin lophosteon, from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Noun

lophosteon (plural lophostea)

1. (anatomy) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “lophosteon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)