symplectic

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adjective

sym·​plec·​tic

(ˈ)sim¦plektik

1

: relating to or being an intergrowth of two different minerals (as in ophicalcite, myrmekite, or micropegmatite)

2

: relating to or being a bone between the hyomandibular and the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes that unites the other bones of the suspensorium

symplectic

2 of 2

noun

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plural -s

: the symplectic bone

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Greek symplektikos of intertwining, from symplektos (verbal of symplekein to plait together, intertwine, from syn- + plekein to plait) + -ikos -ic

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