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supratemporal en · ADJ

Etymology

From supra- + temporal.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Above the temporal lobe
2. (not-comparable) That transcends time

supratemporal en · NOUN

Etymology

From supra- + temporal.

Meanings

1. A supratemporal bone.
   • In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72). 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles:

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