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hypercalcified structures
(English) Parts of the skeleton that have developed extremely dense calcified cartilage, primarily during growth and maturation, which sometimes swell to knobs that distort and engulf existing cartilaginous structures. The rostrum of the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a particularly impressive hypercalcified structure. (See also: calcified cartilage, growth)

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