(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:03:41

Ba*sip`te*ryg"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a base + a fin.] Anat.

A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

-- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al (), a.

 

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