amphistylic

adjective

am·​phi·​sty·​lic

-lik

: having the upper jaw partly free from the brain case and braced by the hyomandibular cartilage (as in certain primitive sharks) compare autostylic, hyostylic

Word History

Etymology

amphi- + -stylic

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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