interclavicle

[ in-ter-klav-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈklæv ɪ kəl /

a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.

Origin of interclavicle

First recorded in 1865–70; inter- + clavicle

in·ter·cla·vic·u·lar

[in-ter-kluh-vik-yuh-ler] /ˌɪn tər kləˈvɪk yə lər/, adjective

Episternum, ep-i-ster′num, n. the interclavicle: the epiplastron: the presternum of mammals.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various
There is never any interclavicle in the adult, though sometimes traces of it occur during development.

The Vertebrate Skeleton |Sidney H. Reynolds
The clavicles rest on and are firmly united to the anterior border of the interclavicle.

The Vertebrate Skeleton |Sidney H. Reynolds
The grounds of difference between Gtte and Hoffmann and other anatomists concern especially the clavicle and interclavicle.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) |Francis Maitland Balfour

Shoulder girdle with a large coracoid reaching the sternum; clavicles and an interclavicle present.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard

interclavicle

/ (ˌɪntəˈklævɪkəl) /

a membrane bone between and beneath the clavicles, present in some fossil amphibians, all reptiles except snakes, and monotremes

interclavicular (ˌɪntəkləˈvɪkjʊlə), adjective