hypoaria

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hypoaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hypoarion \Hy`po*a"ri*on\, n.; pl. Hypoaria. [NL., fr. Gr.
     "ypo` beneath + ? a little egg.] (Anat.)
     An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes;
     one of the inferior lobes. --Owen.
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