1884 J. A. Ryder in Rep. U.S. Commission Fish (1886) 985The term..*Pterygoblasts refers to the protoplasmic bodies from which the embryonic fin-rays are developed.
1897 Parker & Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 157In all recent Elasmobranchs the male has, connected with the pelvic fins, a pair of grooved appendages—the claspers or *pterygopodia—which subserve copulation.
1852 Dana Crust. i. 367The *pterygostome has a smooth channel parallel with the sides of the buccal area.
1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 341The edges of the carapace pass completely in front of the bases of the limbs, and then turn suddenly forwards, parallel with one another and with the axis of the body, as the *pterygostomial plates of Milne-Edwards.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 780/1*Pterygostomian portions of the carapace.
1893 Stebbing Crustacea v. 52On the under side the pterygostomian regions, ‘the wings of the mouth’. [ are]
1859 Owen in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) XVII. 150/1On the inferior surface the palato-nasal, the pterygo-sphenoid and the *pterygo-malar vacuities.
1840 G. V. Ellis Anat. 68The constrictor is attached behind the *pterygo-maxillary ligament.
1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 89The pterygo⁓maxillary runs up between the posterior border of the maxilla and the adjacent pterygoid process. [ fissure]
1831 R. Knox Cloquet'sAnat. 37The *Pterygo-palatine canal,..gives passage to vessels, and is completed by a process of the palate bones.
1858 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,*Pterygo-pharyngean.
1886 Proc. Zool. Soc. 220The *pterygo-quadrate cartilage..varies considerably in depth at different points.
[ 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I,*Pterigostaphilinus Externus, is a Muscle which moves the Uvula. ]
1858 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Pterygostaphylinus, of or belonging to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and uvula: *pterygostaphyline.
1886 Proc. Zool. Soc. 222A well-marked *pterygo-trabecular eminence.
ORIGIN: from Greek pterug- , pterux wing, fin: see -o- .
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