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sphenoidal
Variant of sphenoid
adjective
- wedge-shaped
- Anat. designating or of the wedge-shaped compound bones of the skull
Also sphenoidal
noun
- the sphenoid bone
- Mineralogy a wedge-shaped crystal form having four triangular faces
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