Zygon
zygon
zygon zy·gon (zī’gŏn’)
n.
The short crossbar connecting the branches of a zygal fissure.
Historical Examples
Zygal, zī′gal, n. pertaining to a zygon, formed like a letter .
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) Various
zygon, zī′gon, n. a connecting bar: an -shaped fissure of the brain.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) Various
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