fenestra

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In most meat-eating dinosaurs, a ridge of bone provides a roof over an opening in the skull in front of the eye sockets known as the antorbital fenestra.

From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2020

The frontal and its septo-maxillary process surround the olfactory fenestra.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

The pars posticus originates by a broad, flat tendon on a line across the posterior half of the membrane that covers the ischiopubic fenestra.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

It is in communication with the middle ear through a small opening in the bone, called the fenestra ovalis, at which place it is separated from the middle ear only by a thin membrane.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

It is in the window of a fenestra.

From Geography and Plays by Stein, Gertrude