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PROPTERYGIUM

\pɹˈɒptəɹˌɪd͡ʒəm], \pɹˈɒptəɹˌɪd‍ʒəm], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_p_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_dʒ_ə_m]\

Definitions of PROPTERYGIUM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The foremost of three basals supporting the pectoral fin of Elasmobranchs.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Greek] The foremost of three basals supporting the pectoral fin of Elasmobranchs (zool.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

pr[=o]-t[=e]-rij'i-um, n. the anterior basal cartilage of the fins in the Elasmobranchii:--pl. PROPTERY'GIA.--adj. PROPTERY'GIAL. [L. pro, before, L.,--Gr. pterygion, a fin, pteron, a wing.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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