sym|plec|tic

sym|plec|tic
sym|plec|tic «sihm PLEHK tihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with a bone of the lower jaw of fishes that unites certain other bones.
–n.
the symplectic bone.
[< Greek symplektikós twining together < symplékein to twine together < syn- together + plékein to twine, weave]

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