quadrate

Example Sentences

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Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022

Kemp, T. S. Acoustic transformer function of the postdentary bones and quadrate of a nonmammalian cynodont.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2017

Turning is, by definition, a deviation from a forward course—precisely the action that is supposed to be nullified by the hydrodynamic characteristics of your lovely, quadrate bod.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2015

The malleus originated from the articular bone, whereas the incus originated from the quadrate bone.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The skull is unknown, but the lower jaw, 6½ inches long, is less than 2½ inches wide at the articulation with the quadrate bone in the skull.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.