Anat. and Zool. Also in L. form supraclavicula. [See SUPRA- 1 c and CLAVICLE1.] A superior bone of the scapular arch in some fishes, above the clavicle.
1873. Mivart, Elem. Anat., 162. In bony Fishes, where the clavicles may not only be provided with a distinct interclavicle, but also each with a distinct portion above—the supra-clavicle.
1880. Günther, Fishes, iii. 59. The scapular … arch is suspended from the skull by the (suprascapula) post-temporal … Then follows the (scapula) supraclavicula.
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 416. The Ganoidei and Teleostei have investing bones known as supra-clavicle, clavicle, inter-clavicle, and post-clavicle.
