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Sphenoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Resembling a wedge. The spenoid bone, is the pterygoid bone of the basis of the skull.

Sphenoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.

2. Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.

Sphenoid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

2. The sphenoid bone.

Sphenoidal [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

SPHENOID, SPHENOID'AL, adjective Resembling a wedge. The spenoid bone, is the pterygoid bone of the basis of the skull.

Sphenoidal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.