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Apophyses

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Plural of apophysis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Plural form of apophyse.
  • Word Usage
    "A hard sharp narrow symphysial knob and close pair of sharp apophyses on the anterior edge of the mandible and symphysial knob lower than two opophyses (vs. all other species with a blunt wider symphysial knob and wider pair of apophyes on the anterior edge of the mandible, and symphysial knob of the same height or higher than two aophyses)."