amphistylic
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amphistylic
a type of jaw suspension in which the upper jaw is attached by two points to the neurocranium, as in some cartilaginous fish.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005