symplectic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sym*plec"tic adjective
Etymology
Gr. plaiting together, fr. to plait together.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. -- n. The symplectic bone.

Webster 1913