Definition of Holostylic. Meaning of Holostylic. Synonyms of Holostylic

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- capable of electroreception to find prey. The cartilaginous skull is holostylic, meaning that the palatoquadrate (upper jaw cartilage) is completely fused...
- and teeth. Their upper jaws were typically fused to the neurocranium (holostylic), and their teeth formed flat, slow-growing plates used to crush prey...
- Zangerl and Case (1973) originally considered the jaw suspension to be holostylic (also termed autostylic), with the palatoquadrates entirely fused to the...