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parethmoid
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parethmoid, a. [Pref. para- + ethmoid.].
Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. [1913 Webster]
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