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 vestibule communicates with the chain of bones of the middle ear by means of a small opening, called the "oval window," or fenestra ovalis.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
The origin is fleshy and is from the ischium and pubis around the edges of this fenestra; none of the fibers arises from the membrane stretched across the fenestra.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
The origin of the m. adductor longus et brevis is from the dorsal edge of the ischiopubic fenestra and not from the membrane covering this fenestra.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
Vnde verò foramen vel fenestra illa montana, per quam clamores, strepitus & tumultus apud antipodes, periæcos & antæcos factos exaudiremus?
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard
