a. [f. VOMER + -INE.]

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  1.  Of or belonging to the vomer (esp. of fishes); composing the vomer.

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1854.  Owen, in Orr’s Circ. Sci., Org. Nat., I. 194. The natural segment which … is formed by the vomerine, prefrontal, and nasal bones, is very distinct in the ophidians.

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1858.  W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., II. 252. Teeth in vomerine bones in a transverse row.

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1881.  Encycl. Brit., XII. 647/2. An extremely large basal bone, which extends from the vomerine region on to the anterior part of the spinal column.

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  2.  Of teeth: Situated on the vomer.

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1863.  Dana, Man. Geol., 345, note. The species of Europe want these vomerine teeth.

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1889.  Nicholson & Lydekker, Palæont., II. 985. Here the vomerine teeth of the middle row are larger than the teeth of the other rows.

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