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Manubrium   Listen
noun
Manubrium  n.  (pl. L. manubria, E. manubriums)  
1.
(Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.
2.
(Zool.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; called also hypostoma.





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... Carriers. The posterior perforations occasionally are not complete, being left open posteriorly. The marginal apophyses forming the anterior perforations vary greatly in development. The degree of convexity of the posterior part of the sternum differs much, being sometimes almost perfectly flat. The manubrium is rather more prominent in some individuals than in others, and the pore immediately under it varies greatly ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Manubrium" :   sternum, bone, os


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