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Terms vs Pterygotid - What's the difference?

terms | pterygotid |


As nouns the difference between terms and pterygotid

is that terms is while pterygotid is (zoology) any member of the pterygotidae.

Pterygotid vs Pterygoid - What's the difference?

pterygotid | pterygoid |


As nouns the difference between pterygotid and pterygoid

is that pterygotid is (zoology) any member of the pterygotidae while pterygoid is (anatomy) a bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.

As an adjective pterygoid is

resembling a wing.