What is the meaning of Suspensorium?

(n.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
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APAWebster's. (2011). suspensorium. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/suspensorium/definitions/2069157
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MLAWebster's. "suspensorium" 28 May 2011. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/suspensorium/definitions/2069157>