Symplectic \Sym*plec"tic\, a. [Gr. ? plaiting together, fr. ? to
plait together.] (Anat.)
Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above
the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes,
which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. --
n. The symplectic bone.
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