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Definition of: vomer
(vō′mər) noun Anat.
1. A bone of the face situated between the nasal passages on the median line in vertebrates above fishes.
2. A bone of the roof of the mouth in fishes, behind the premaxillaries. [<NL <L vomer a plow]
—vo·mer·ine (vō′mər·in, vom′ər-) adjective
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