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Palatal adj.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

(Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.

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Etymology of 'Palatal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... in this formation are less numerous. There are many fishes, some of which (acrodus, psammodus, &c.,) are presumed from remains of their palatal bones, to have been of the gigantic cartilaginous class, now represented by such as the cestraceon. It has been considered by Professor Owen as worthy of notice, that, the cestraceon being an inhabitant of the Australian seas, we have, in both the ...

— Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation • Robert Chambers

Words linked to "Palatal" : palate, soft, semivowel, palatalised