| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb epipterygoidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (epipterygoidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective epipterygoid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EPIPTERYGOID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Epipterygoid \Ep`ip*ter"y*goid\, adjective. [Prefix epi- pterygoid.]. (references) |
