The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sphenotic bone
Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, a. [Spheno- + ???, ???, the ear.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
Sphenotic bone (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.