fenestra
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In most meat-eating dinosaurs, a ridge of bone provides a roof over an opening in the skull in front of the eye sockets known as the antorbital fenestra.
From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2020
The frontal and its septo-maxillary process surround the olfactory fenestra.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John
The remaining border of the orbital fenestra on the anterior and medial sides is formed by a bone occupying the position of palatine and vomer; for convenience we designate this as palatine.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
The medial border of the orbital fenestra is missing, but apparently consisted of the pterygoid for at least the posterior half.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
After the prickly bark is stripped off the punk can be picked out through the fenestra with a penknife, which occupation affords pleasant pastime for a leisure hour.
From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
