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 lower jaw varies in relative length with the vertical or horizontal position of the quadrate bone in the skull.

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