postorbitosquamosal arch

noun

post·​or·​bi·​to·​squamosal arch

: a bony arch made up of fused portions of the postorbital and squamosal bones that separates the two temporal openings in a diapsid reptile

Word History

Etymology

postorbit(al) + -o- + squamosal

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